Meaning

1 senses

  1. To paralyse, either completely or partially.

More definitions
  • affect with palsy

Examples

4 sentences

  1. My dad has recently got a cerebral palsy.

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  2. My dad has recently been diagnosed with cerebral palsy.

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  3. One of the effects of progressive muscle diseases like cerebral palsy is muscle stiffness.

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  4. Tom has cerebral palsy.

    ruУ Тома церебральный паралич. — odexed

    deTom hat cerebrale Kinderlähmung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From Middle English palesie, from Anglo-Norman paralisie, parleisie et al., from Latin par

From Middle English palesie, from Anglo-Norman paralisie, parleisie et al., from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”), from παρα- (para-, “beside”) + λύω (lúō, “loosen”). Doublet of paralysis.

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Forms

palsies, palsying, palsied, palsied
Base formpalsy · to palsy
3rd person singularpalsies
Present participlepalsying
Past simplepalsied
Past participlepalsied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypalsy
he, she, itpalsies

Past simpleLesson

all personspalsied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave palsied
he, she, ithas palsied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill palsy

Word family

1 related words
Relatedapoplexy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
palpablepalpatepalpitationpaltrypampamper
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