Definition of Palsies

1. Noun. (plural of palsy) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of palsy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Palsies

1. palsy [v] - See also: palsy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palsies

pals
palsa
palsas
palsey
palseys
palsgrave
palsgraves
palsgravine
palsgravines
palship
palships
palsical
palsied
palsier
palsies (current term)
palsiest
palstaff
palstaffs
palstave
palstaves
palster
palsters
palsy
palsy-walsy
palsying
palsylike
palsywort
palsyworts
palter

Literary usage of Palsies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1891)
"CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PATHOLOGY OF INFANTILE CEREBRAL palsies. Dr. B. SACHS read a paper of this subject, He stated that the mere form of the palsy, ..."

2. Diseases of the nervous system by Smith Ely Jelliffe, William Alanson White (1917)
"Diphtheritic palsies may come on soon in the disease or they may follow a month or six weeks after the subsidence of the disease proper. ..."

3. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(3~) The Cerebral palsies of Children (Encephalitis infantilis, ... Various attempts have been made to subdivide the cerebral palsies into groups (see ..."

4. Medical Diagnosis: With Special Reference to Practical Medicine; a Guide to by Jacob Mendes Da Costa (1900)
"The affection is believed to be of toxic origin. With reference to all these local palsies we are sometimes much perplexed ..."

5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1896)
"The most complete study as regards the palsies is that of Professor ... He further classifies his palsies and shows that in all cases the soft palate was ..."

6. Annals of Ophthalmology (1917)
"OCULAR palsies IN INFANTILE PARALYSIS. REPORT OF TWO CASES. ... According to Weisen- burg,2 all cranial nerve palsies in infantile paralysis are due either ..."

7. The Eye and Nervous System: Their Diagnostic Relations by William Campbell Posey, William Gibson Spiller (1906)
"Although varying widely in their mode of origin, the cerebral palsies of children deserve to be treated as a distinct clinical group of diseases. ..."

8. The Principles and Practice of Medicine by John Elliotson, Thomas Stewardson (1844)
"LOCAL palsies. I now proceed to more limited palsies than the foregoing;—to ... The most common local palsies affect the four organs of sense;— the eyes, ..."

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