palsy
Shaking, weakened limbs
Palsy is paralysis, especially partial paralysis accompanied by involuntary tremors.
The term appears in medical conditions like cerebral palsy and Bell's palsy.
In older usage, palsy could mean any trembling or weakness: stricken with palsy.
As a verb, to palsy is to paralyze or render helpless: Fear palsied his limbs.
Rapid involuntary movement
- quiverTrembling or arrow case
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
- twitchInvoluntary muscular jerk
- convulsionSudden involuntary muscle contractions
shudder · jitter · wobble · oscillation · vibration · flutter · involuntary · uncontrollable
One-sided bodily paralysis
- quadriplegiaParalysis below the neck
- paraplegiaLower body immobility
- cerebralRelating to intellect
- Bell'sFacial nerve disorder
spastic · flaccid · diplegia · monoplegia · tetraplegia · immobility · paresis · plegia
Relating to intellect
- brainSeat of cognition
- motorEnergy-to-motion converter
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
nerve · neuropathy · encephalopathy · lesion · damage · dysfunction · degeneration · demyelination
Impaired strength or vitality
- frailtyWeakness of body
- infirmityWeakness from illness or age
- feeblenessLack of strength
- astheniaLack of bodily strength
enfeeblement · fatigue · exhaustion · wasting · atonic · hypotonia · limpness · powerlessness
Loss of sensation
- tinglingSlight stinging sensation
- paresthesiaAbnormal skin sensation
- pins-and-needlesPrickling numbness sensation
- neuralgiaSharp pain from irritated nerves
shaking
Rapid involuntary movement
convulsion · shudder · jitter · wobble · oscillation · vibration · flutter · involuntary · uncontrollable · rhythmic
hemiplegia
One-sided bodily paralysis
- quadriplegiaParalysis below the neck
- paraplegiaLower body immobility
- cerebralRelating to intellect
Bell's · spastic · flaccid · diplegia · monoplegia · tetraplegia · immobility · paresis · plegia · atrophy
cerebral
Relating to intellect
cortex · nerve · neuropathy · encephalopathy · lesion · damage · dysfunction · degeneration · demyelination · axonal
debility
Impaired strength or vitality
- frailtyWeakness of body
- infirmityWeakness from illness or age
- feeblenessLack of strength
asthenia · enfeeblement · fatigue · exhaustion · wasting · atonic · hypotonia · limpness · powerlessness · incapacity
numbness
Loss of sensation
- tinglingSlight stinging sensation
- paresthesiaAbnormal skin sensation
- pins-and-needlesPrickling numbness sensation
- illnessdisease, sickness, illness, ailment, disorder
- impairmentsimpairment, disability, incapacity, blindness, deafness
- Biblical Afflictionsleprosy, blindness, boils, plagues, pestilence
- medieval medicinebloodletting, leeching, four humors, humors, barber-surgeons
- neurological symptomsnumbness, tremor, aphasia, ataxia, weakness
- Old Ailmentsconsumption, dropsy, ague, apoplexy, phthisis
palsymotor control
Regulation of bodily movement
mobility · motility · coordination · muscle function · voluntary movement
palsyhostile
Aggressively unfriendly
antagonistic · unfriendly · inimical · estranged · alienated
- cerebral palsyNeurological disorder impairing motor function
- Bell's palsySudden unilateral facial paralysis
- bell palsySudden unilateral facial nerve dysfunction