Parrot's pseudoparalysis


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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.
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