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palsy

1

[ pawl-zee ]

noun

plural palsies.
  1. 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)

palsied, palsying.
  1. to paralyze.

palsy

2

[ pal-zee ]

adjective

Slang.

palsy

/ ˈɔːɪ /

noun

  1. paralysis, esp of a specified type

    cerebral palsy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to paralyse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ貹, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • 貹s· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of palsy1

1250–1300; Middle English, variant of parlesie < Middle French paralisie < Latin paralysis paralysis

Origin of palsy2

First recorded in 1925–30; pal + -sy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of palsy1

C13 palesi, from Old French paralisie, from Latin paralysis
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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.

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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.

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The 2018 news snippet featured a cerebral palsy patient in Iowa named Louis whose care was negatively impacted by MCO involvement.

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The 29-year-old has a sister, Holly, 21, who has cerebral palsy.

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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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