PALSY (palsied)
Dictionary entry overview: What does palsy mean?
• PALSY (noun)
The noun PALSY has 2 senses:
1. loss of the ability to move a body part
2. a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
Familiarity information: PALSY used as a noun is rare.
• PALSY (verb)
The verb PALSY has 1 sense:
1. affect with palsy
Familiarity information: PALSY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PALSY (noun)
Meaning:
Loss of the ability to move a body part
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
palsy; paralysis
Hypernyms ("palsy" is a kind of...):
disfunction; dysfunction ((medicine) any disturbance in the function of an organ or body part)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "palsy"):
akinesia; akinesis (motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis)
hemiplegia; unilateral paralysis (paralysis of one side of the body)
paraplegia (paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma))
paresis (a slight or partial paralysis)
ophthalmoplegia (paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye)
monoplegia (paralysis of a single limb)
Erb's palsy; Erb-Duchenne paralysis (paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth))
diplegia (paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body)
cystoparalysis; cystoplegia (paralysis of the urinary bladder)
alalia (paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak)
quadriplegia (paralysis of both arms and both legs)
Meaning:
A condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("palsy" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
• PALSY (verb)
Meaning:
Affect with palsy
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "palsy" is one way to...):
paralyse; paralyze (cause to be paralyzed and immobile)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
