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*[[Erb's palsy]], also known as brachial palsy, involving paralysis of an arm |
*[[Erb's palsy]], also known as brachial palsy, involving paralysis of an arm |
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*[[Spinal muscular atrophy]], also known as wasting palsy |
*[[Spinal muscular atrophy]], also known as wasting palsy |
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*[[Squatter's palsy]], a common name for bilateral [[peroneal nerve]] palsy that |
*[[Squatter's palsy]], a common name for bilateral [[peroneal nerve]] palsy that may be triggered by sustained [[Squatting position|squatting]]<ref>Macpherson JM, Gordon AJ Squatter's palsy British Medical Journal, 1983</ref><ref>Kumaki DJ. The facts of Kathmandu: squatter's palsy. 2 January 1987;257(1):28.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3912/is_200003/ai_n8901254 |title=Toğrol E. Bilateral peroneal nerve palsy induced by prolonged squatting. Mil Med. 2000 Mar;165(3):240-2 |publisher=Findarticles.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-24}}</ref> |
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*[[Third nerve palsy]], involving [[cranial nerve III]] |
*[[Third nerve palsy]], involving [[cranial nerve III]] |
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Palsy is a medical term which refers to various types of paralysis,[1] often accompanied by weakness and the loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking. The word originates from the Anglo-Norman paralisie, parleisie et al., from the accusative form of Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis), from παραλύειν (paralúein, “to disable on one side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + λύειν (lúein, “loosen”). The word is longstanding in the English language, having appeared in the play Grim the Collier of Croydon, reported to have been written as early as 1599:
Rob. I'll have thee come, I say. Why tremblest thou?
Grim. No sir, not I; 'tis a palsy I have still.[2]
In some editions, the Bible passage of Luke 5:18 is translated to refer to "a man which was taken with a palsy". More modern editions simply refer to a man who is paralyzed. Although the term has historically been associated with paralysis generally, "is now almost always used in connection to the word “cerebral”—meaning the brain".[1]
Specific kinds of palsy include: