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Pronunciation : Pal"sy
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF. paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See Paralysis.] (Med.)
Definition : 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.

pl. Palsies.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pal"sy
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.

t. [imp. & p. p. Palsied; p. pr. & vb. n. Palsying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913