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palsy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Illness & disability
pal·sy /ˈpɔːlzi $ ˈpɒːl-/ noun [uncountable]  1. MIan illness that makes your arms and legs shake because you cannot control your muscles 震颤性麻痹(症)2. old useMI paralysis 麻痹;瘫痪 cerebral palsy
Examples from the Corpus
palsyIt does have different characteristics from other more fixed medical conditions, such as cerebral palsy.She suffers from cerebral palsy and because she could not communicate, doctors at first believed she might be mentally retarded.Doctors thought she had a mild case of cerebral palsy.First comes a diagnosis of cerebral palsy, a label that seems right until other puzzling symptoms appear.The medical diagnosis was cerebral palsy.Andrew was born with cerebral palsy, and suffers a form of blindness.Tooth-ache, tragedy and top notes share a mask of facial palsy in this alliterative world.They surmised he had shoulder palsy or a complication from a long-hidden ailment contracted in the war.
Origin palsy (1200-1300) Old French paralisie, from Latin paralysis; → PARALYSIS
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palsy
palsy /ˈpɔːlzi $ ˈpɒːl-/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1200-1300
 Language: Old French
 Origin: paralisie, from Latin paralysis; paralysis
1. an illness that makes your arms and legs shake because you cannot control your muscles
2. old use paralysis
cerebral palsy


palsyBrE /ˈpɔːlzi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɔːlzi/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (old-fashioned) paralysis (= loss of control or feeling in part or most of the body), especially when the arms and legs shake without control 瘫痪,麻痹(尤指四肢颤动类)   see also cerebral palsy pal·sied BrE /ˈpɔːlzid/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɔːlzid/ 🔊 adjective