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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. 




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