palsy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
palsy
    n 1: loss of the ability to move a body part [syn: {paralysis},
         {palsy}]
    2: a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
    v 1: affect with palsy
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Palsy \Pal"sy\, n.; 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.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Bell's palsy}, paralysis of the facial nerve, producing
      distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from Sir
      Charles Bell, an English surgeon who described it.

   {Scrivener's palsy}. See {Writer's cramp}, under {Writer}.

   {Shaking palsy}, (Med.) paralysis agitans, a disease usually
      occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors
      and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait; now called
      {parkinsonism}, or {Parkinson's disease}.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Palsy \Pal"sy\, v. 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.
   [1913 Webster]
from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Palsy
a shorter form of "paralysis." Many persons thus afflicted were
cured by our Lord (Matt. 4:24; 8:5-13; 9:2-7; Mark 2:3-11; Luke
7:2-10; John 5:5-7) and the apostles (Acts 8:7; 9:33, 34).
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "palsy":
      MS, ague, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, apoplexy, brain disease,
      bumpiness, catalepsy, cataplexy, cephalalgia, cerebral palsy,
      chattering, chorea, cold shivers, diplegia, emotional disorder,
      epilepsy, falling sickness, fits and starts,
      glossopharyngeal neuralgia, headache, hemiplegia, herpes zoster,
      infantile paralysis, ischialgia, jactation, jactitation, jerkiness,
      joltiness, migraine, multiple sclerosis, nervous disorder,
      neuralgia, neuritis, neuropathy, organic psychosis, paralysis,
      paraplegia, paresis, polio, poliomyelitis, polyneuritis,
      pressure neuropathy, priapism, quaking, quavering, quivering,
      radiculitis, sciatic neuritis, sciatica, sensory paralysis, shakes,
      shaking, shaking palsy, shingles, shivering, shivers, shuddering,
      spasms, spastic paralysis, stroke, succussion, the jerks,
      tic douloureux, toxic psychosis, trembling, tremulousness,
      vibration
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