bulbar
Americanadjective
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Origin of bulbar
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A condition of the disease called bulbar palsy slowed his tongue to the point his words wobbled enough that he sounded as if he were drunk.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2025
His legal career was cut short, however, by a bout with bulbar polio, which left part of his face paralyzed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
But bulbar polio has one feature which fitted in well with Dr. Sarnoff's theory: it generally leaves the phrenic nerve undamaged.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some doctors thought it was bulbar polio; others considered it meningitis.
From Time Magazine Archive
The larynx, lips, tongue, and pharynx also, are usually paralyzed in esophageal paralysis of bulbar origin.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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