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Webster 1913 Edition

Palsy

Pal′sy

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Palsies
(#)
.
[OE.
palesie
,
parlesy
, OF.
paralesie
, F.
paralysie
, L.
paralysis
. See
Paralysis
.]
(Med.)
Paralysis, complete or partial. See
Paralysis
.
“One sick of the palsy.”
Mark ii. 3.

Pal′sy

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Palsied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Palsying
.]
To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.

Webster 1828 Edition

Palsy

PAL'SY

,
Noun.
s as z. [supposed to be contracted from Gr. relaxation; to loosen or relax.] The loss or defect of the power of voluntary muscular motion in the whole body, or in a particular part; paralysis. When one side only of the body is affected, it is called hemiplegy. When the lower part of the body is paralytic, it is called paraplegy. Palsy may be a loss of the power of motion without a loss of sensation, or a loss of sensation without loss of motion, or a loss of both.

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