palsy
pronunciation
How to pronounce palsy in British English:
UK [ˈpɔ:lzi]
How to pronounce palsy in American English:
US [ˈpɔlzi]
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- Noun:
- loss of the ability to move a body part
- a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
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- Verb:
- affect with palsy
Word Origin
- palsy (n.)
- "disease causing paralysis," c. 1300, palesie, from Anglo-French parlesie, Old French paralisie, from Vulgar Latin *paralysia, from Latin paralysis (see paralysis).
Example
- 1. Red hill is incorporating similar wii technology into games to help improve gait and balance in kids with cerebral palsy .
- 2. The 33-year-old has been diagnosed with sixth nerve palsy , a disorder associated with the dysfunction of cranial nerve vi , which controls eye movement .
- 3. By now , doctors and developmental therapists know plenty about how to treat children with cerebral palsy .
- 4. Anne mitchell , for example , pulled her son gordon out because she did not like the way his school dealt with his cerebral palsy .
- 5. It has been known for many years that the loss of one twin in this way late in a pregnancy is bad for the other . That other is more likely to be born prematurely , to have cerebral palsy , or even to die as well .