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palsy
1[ pawl-zee ]
noun
- any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
verb (used with object)
- to paralyze.
palsy
2[ pal-zee ]
adjective
palsy
/ ˈɔːɪ /
noun
- paralysis, esp of a specified type
cerebral palsy
verb
- to paralyse
Derived Forms
- ˈ貹, adjective
Other Word Forms
- 貹s· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of palsy1
Example Sentences
It's punctuated by stretches of companionable silence, where Young drums on his knees, or interacts with his son Ben, who was born with severe cerebral palsy.
P now suffers from severe dystonic cerebral palsy, is effectively blind, has an intellectual disability, has epilepsy, can only communicate by crying and cannot be comforted when crying.
The 2018 news snippet featured a cerebral palsy patient in Iowa named Louis whose care was negatively impacted by MCO involvement.
The 29-year-old has a sister, Holly, 21, who has cerebral palsy.
The family of Martin - who is 41 and is autistic, with cerebral palsy and epilepsy - say Sheffield care worker Darren Leigh has become like a brother to him over 20 years.
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