Saturday Night Palsy Definition
noun
Paralysis due to radial nerve compression in the arm , resulting from direct pressure against a firm object .
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Origin of Saturday Night Palsy
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Introduced mistakenly as a simplification of saturnine palsy , a complication of lead poisoning which has a similar presentation.Folk etymology associates it with carousing and intoxication on Saturday nights, which causes the individual to fall asleep in unnatural positions, such as on a chair or bed with one arm hanging over the edge.
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