'Palsy' definitions:
Definition of 'palsy'
(from WordNet)
noun
Loss of the ability to move a body part [syn: paralysis, palsy]
noun
A condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
verb
Affect with palsy
Definition of 'Palsy'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Palsy'
From: GCIDE
- Palsy \Pal"sy\, n.; pl. Palsies. [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF. paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See Paralysis.] (Med.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis. "One sick of the palsy." --Mark ii. 3. [1913 Webster]
- Bell's palsy, paralysis of the facial nerve, producing distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from Sir Charles Bell, an English surgeon who described it.
- Scrivener's palsy. See Writer's cramp, under Writer.
- Shaking palsy, (Med.) paralysis agitans, a disease usually occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait; now called parkinsonism, or Parkinson's disease. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'palsy'
From: Easton
- Palsy a shorter form of "paralysis." Many persons thus afflicted were cured by our Lord (Matt. 4:24; 8:5-13; 9:2-7; Mark 2:3-11; Luke 7:2-10; John 5:5-7) and the apostles (Acts 8:7; 9:33, 34).
Synonyms of 'palsy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ague,
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
- apoplexy,
- brain disease,
- bumpiness,
- catalepsy,
- cataplexy,
- cephalalgia,
- cerebral palsy,
- chattering,
- chorea,
- cold shivers,
- diplegia,
- emotional disorder,
- epilepsy,
- falling sickness,
- fits and starts,
- glossopharyngeal neuralgia,
- headache,
- hemiplegia,
- herpes zoster,
- infantile paralysis,
- ischialgia,
- jactation,
- jactitation,
- jerkiness,
- joltiness,
- migraine,
- MS,
- multiple sclerosis,
- nervous disorder,
- neuralgia,
- neuritis,
- neuropathy,
- organic psychosis,
- paralysis,
- paraplegia,
- paresis,
- polio,
- poliomyelitis,
- polyneuritis,
- pressure neuropathy,
- priapism,
- quaking,
- quavering,
- quivering,
- radiculitis,
- sciatic neuritis,
- sciatica,
- sensory paralysis,
- shakes,
- shaking,
- shaking palsy,
- shingles,
- shivering,
- shivers,
- shuddering,
- spasms,
- spastic paralysis,
- stroke,
- succussion,
- the jerks,
- tic douloureux,
- toxic psychosis,
- trembling,
- tremulousness,
- vibration