单词 | palsy |
释义 | palsy From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Illness & disabilitypalsypal‧sy /ˈpɔːlzi $ ˈpɒːl-/ noun [uncountable]1 MIan illness that makes your arms and legs shake because you cannot control your muscles2 old useMI paralysis → cerebral palsyExamples from the Corpuspalsy• It does have different characteristics from other more fixed medical conditions, such as cerebral palsy.• Doctors thought she had a mild case of cerebral palsy.• First comes a diagnosis of cerebral palsy, a label that seems right until other puzzling symptoms appear.• The medical diagnosis was cerebral palsy.• Andrew was born with cerebral palsy, and suffers a form of blindness.• Tooth-ache, tragedy and top notes share a mask of facial palsy in this alliterative world.• They surmised he had shoulder palsy or a complication from a long-hidden ailment contracted in the war.Origin palsy (1200-1300) Old French paralisie, from Latin paralysis; → PARALYSIS |
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