palsy
noun
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
palsies
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pluralof palsy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That fall, a friend told the patient about a clinic at New York University that specialized in facial palsies.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
Hiroshimans feel that The Bomb purged them of all war guilt; perhaps that is why Hiroshima is free of the paralysis that palsies most of the rest of the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among the many symptoms associated with overexposure are blindness, insomnia, kidney failure, hearing loss, cancer, palsies, and convulsions.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
His hands fell, with inert palsies, to his sides.
From The Flaw in the Sapphire by Charles M. Snyder
Unbearable palsies spread over his whole body, and incredible inflation afflicted his entrails.
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric
