'cerebral palsy' definitions:
Definition of 'cerebral palsy'
(from WordNet)
noun
A loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth [syn: cerebral palsy, spastic paralysis]
Synonyms of 'cerebral palsy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
- brain disease,
- cephalalgia,
- chorea,
- emotional disorder,
- epilepsy,
- falling sickness,
- glossopharyngeal neuralgia,
- headache,
- herpes zoster,
- ischialgia,
- migraine,
- MS,
- multiple sclerosis,
- nervous disorder,
- neuralgia,
- neuritis,
- neuropathy,
- organic psychosis,
- palsy,
- polyneuritis,
- pressure neuropathy,
- priapism,
- radiculitis,
- sciatic neuritis,
- sciatica,
- shaking palsy,
- shingles,
- spastic paralysis,
- the jerks,
- tic douloureux,
- toxic psychosis