palsy
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(pôl'zē) 
n., pl., -sies.
n., pl., -sies.
- Complete or partial muscle paralysis, often accompanied by loss of sensation and uncontrollable body movements or tremors.
- A weakening or debilitating influence.
- An enfeebled condition or debilitated state thought to result from such an influence.
- A fit of strong emotion marked by the inability to act: "Flaherty dithered in a little palsy of indignation" (Anthony Burgess).
- To paralyze.
- To deprive of strength.
- To make helpless, as with fear.
[Middle English palsie, alteration of Old French paralisie, alteration of Latin paralysis. See paralysis.]
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Paralysis. A word used commonly in human medicine but rarely if ever in veterinary medicine.
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A general term for paralysis but preferred by some to refer to certain types of paralysis.
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In medicine, palsy is the paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by loss of sensation and by uncontrolled body movements, such as shaking. Medical conditions involving palsy include cerebral palsy (caused by certain intracranial lesions), brachial palsy (the paralysis of an arm), and Bell's palsy (the paralysis of half the face due to inflammation of the facial nerves).
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Palsy
Dansk (Danish)
n. - lammelse
v. tr. - lamme
Nederlands (Dutch)
huivering, verlamming, volledige hulpeloosheid, verlammen, hulpeloos maken
Français (French)
n. - paralysie, tremblement
v. tr. - paralyser, affaiblir, rendre impuissant (de peur)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Lähmung, Paralyse
v. - lähmen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (παθολ.) (τρομώδης) παράλυση
v. - παραλύω
Italiano (Italian)
brivido, paralisi
Português (Portuguese)
n. - paralisia (f)
v. - paralisar
Español (Spanish)
n. - temblor incontrolable del cuerpo, parálisis, perlesía, ineficacia, apatía
v. tr. - paralizar
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förlamning, skakningar, hjälplöst tillstånd
v. - förlama
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
中风, 麻痹状态, 麻痹, 使瘫痪
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 中風, 麻痹狀態, 麻痹
v. tr. - 麻痹, 使癱瘓
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 중풍, 마비, 무기력
v. tr. - 마비시키다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 痺れ, 麻痺状態
v. - 麻痺させる
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) شلل, الشلل الارتجافي القاهر (فعل) يشل
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - שיתוק, חוסר-אונים
v. tr. - ניגע בשיתוק, עשה לחסר-אונים
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