Category:Palsy

Pal"sy, n.; pl. Palsies. Etym: [oe. palesie, parlesy, of. paralesie, F. paralysie, l. paralysis. See paralysis.] (med.)

Defn: paralysis, complete or partial. See paralysis. "one sick of the Palsy." Mark ii. 3. Bell's palsy, paralysis of the facial nerve, Producing distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from sir Charles bell, an english surgeon who described it. -- scrivener's palsy. See writer's cramp, under writer. -- shaking palsy, paralysis agitans, a disease usually occurring in Old people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shaking And tottering gait.

Palsy Pal"sy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Palsied; p. pr. & vb. n. Palsying.]

Defn: to affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or Energy; to paralyze.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Palsy - A shorter form of "paralysis." Many persons thus afflicted were cured by our Lord (Matthew 4:24; Matthew 8:5; Matthew 9:2; Mark 2:3; Luke 7:2; John 5:5) and the apostles (Acts 8:7; Acts 9:33, Acts 9:34).