palsy

2 definitions • 4 examples

a disease in which there is a loss or reduction of movement in a part of the body as a result of a problem with the brain or nerves:

Facial nerve palsy is usually transient and shows a good response to steroids.

Many patients who have had such surgery have suffered strokes and nerve palsies.

a condition in which the whole body or the legs, hands, arms, etc. shake because of a problem with the muscles:

Parkinson's Disease is the shaking palsy that afflicts many elderly people.

Complicated migraines are headaches accompanied by sensory or motor deficits or muscle palsies.