Palsy

palsy /pal·sy/ (pawl´ze) paralysis.

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Bell's palsy  unilateral facial paralysis of sudden onset due to a lesion of the facial nerve, resulting in characteristic facial distortion.

cerebral palsy  any of a group of persisting qualitative motor disorders appearing in young children, resulting from brain damage caused by birth trauma or intrauterine pathology.

Erb's palsy , Erb-Duchenne palsy Erb-Duchenne paralysis.

facial palsy  Bell's p.

progressive bulbar palsy  chronic, progressive, generally fatal paralysis and atrophy of the muscles of the lips, tongue, mouth, pharynx, and larynx due to lesions of the motor nuclei of the lower brain stem, usually occurring in late adult years.

wasting palsy  spinal muscular atrophy.

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pal·sy (pôlz)

n.

Complete or partial muscle paralysis, often accompanied by loss of sensation and uncontrollable body movements or tremors.

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Palsy

Uncontrolable tremors.

Mentioned in: Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome

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palsy (pôl´zē),

n a general term for
paralysis but preferred by some to refer to certain types of paralysis.

palsy, Bell's,

n.pr facial paralysis believed to result from inflammation in or around the facial nerve. One side of the face sags, the corner of the oral cavity droops, the eyelid does not close, and saliva dribbles from the corner of the oral cavity on the affected side. See also paralysis, facial.

palsy, cerebral,

n 1. a collective term for neurologic defects with associated disturbances of motor function. The disturbances vary in cause and anatomic type (e.g., acquired, hereditary, natal, postnatal, congenital palsy).
n 2. a nonspecific term representing a group of pathologic conditions having the following common, related characteristics: agenesis, or a lesion of nervous tissue within the cranium; interference with voluntary muscular movements; disabling disorders of a chronic nature, neither acute nor progressive; and occurrence of the original lesion at the date of birth of the patient or before the development of learned muscular function.
3. a condition caused by damage to the motor centers of the brain, resulting in varying disturbances of motor function and often accompanied by mental subnormality.

Bell's palsy.

palsy, creeping,

n See gait, spastic.

palsy, facial,

n paralysis of the muscles supplied by the seventh cranial nerve. It may be associated with peripheral lesions, neoplasms invading the temporal bone, acoustic neuromas, pontine disease, and herpes zoster involving the geniculate ganglion. Bilateral paralysis may occur in uveoparotid fever and polyneuritis.

palsy, lead,

n a weakness and paralysis of the hand, wrist, and fingers, associated with lead poisoning. See also lead (Pb).

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palsy

paralysis. A word used commonly in human medicine but rarely if ever in veterinary medicine.