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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
{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}, paralysis agitans a disease usually
occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors
and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palsy \Pal"sy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palsied}; p. pr & vb n.
{Palsying}.]
To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action
or energy; to paralyze.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
palsy
n 1: loss of the ability to move a body part [syn: {paralysis}]
2: a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
v : affect with palsy
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [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).
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