palsy

  • 41palsy — UK [ˈpɔːlzɪ] / US [ˈpɔlzɪ] noun [uncountable] old fashioned a medical condition that makes the muscles in your arms, legs, or face shake …

    English dictionary

  • 42palsy — /ˈpɔlzi / (say pawlzee) noun (plural palsies) 1. paralysis. –verb (t) (palsied, palsying) 2. Rare (usually figurative) to paralyse. {Middle English parlesie, from Old French paralisie, from Latin paralysis paralysis} –palsied, adjective …

  • 43palsy —   Ma i lōlō …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 44Bell's palsy — Palsy Pal sy, n.; pl. {Palsies}. [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF. paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See {Paralysis}.] (Med.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See {Paralysis}. One sick of the palsy. Mark ii. 3. [1913 Webster] {Bell s palsy},… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 45Scrivener's palsy — Palsy Pal sy, n.; pl. {Palsies}. [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF. paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See {Paralysis}.] (Med.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See {Paralysis}. One sick of the palsy. Mark ii. 3. [1913 Webster] {Bell s palsy},… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 46Shaking palsy — Palsy Pal sy, n.; pl. {Palsies}. [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF. paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See {Paralysis}.] (Med.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See {Paralysis}. One sick of the palsy. Mark ii. 3. [1913 Webster] {Bell s palsy},… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 47crossed leg palsy — palsy of peroneal nerves caused by sitting with one leg crossed over the other …

    Medical dictionary

  • 48Palsy, laryngeal nerve — Paralysis of the larynx (voice box) caused by damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve or its parent nerve, the vagus nerve, which originates in the brainstem and runs down to the colon. The recurrent laryngeal nerve supplies the larynx (voice… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 49Palsy-walsy — overly and often sycophantically friendly …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 50palsy-walsy — Australian Slang overly and often sycophantically friendly …

    English dialects glossary