Palsy
Palsy , noun
[Old English palesie, parlesy, Old French paralesie, French paralysie, Latin paralysis. See Paralysis.]
Collocations (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 (Medicine) , 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.
Palsy , transitive verb
To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.