palsies

Variant of palsy

palsy definition

palsy (pôl′zē)

noun pl. palsies -·sies

paralysis of any voluntary muscle as a result of some disorder in the nervous system, sometimes accompanied with involuntary tremors

Etymology: ME palesie, parlesie < OFr paralisie < L paralysis, paralysis

transitive verb palsied -·sied, palsying -·sy·ing

to afflict with or as with palsy; paralyze

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