Parrot's pseudoparalysis
Also found in: Encyclopedia.
pseudoparalysis
[soo″do-pah-ral´ĭ-sis]apparent loss of muscular power without real paralysis.
Parrot's pseudoparalysis (syphilitic pseudoparalysis) pseudoparalysis of one or more extremities in infants, due to syphilitic osteochondritis of an epiphysis.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
Parrot’s pseudoparalysis
An obsolete term for pseudoparalysis of an extremity in an infant with congenital syphilis due to painful epiphyseal osteochondritis.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
Parrot's pseudoparalysis
Pseudoparalysis caused by syphilitic osteochondritis.
See also: Parrot, Joseph Marie Jules
Medical Dictionary, © 2009 Farlex and Partners