radial paralysis

British  

noun

1. vet science paralysis of a forelimb as a result of loss of function of the radial nerve, usually following traumatic injury

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Example Sentences

Treatment.—When incomplete radial paralysis exists, little needs be done except to allow the subject moderate exercise and to provide for its comfort.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

Differential Diagnosis.—In making examination of these cases, one can exclude fracture by absence of crepitation and usually, also, swelling is absent in radial paralysis.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

Etiology and Occurrence.—Nothing definite is known about the cause of some forms of radial paralysis.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

However, radial paralysis is encountered following injury to the nerve occasioned by its being stretched, as in cases where the triceps brachii is unduly extended in restraining subjects by means of a casting harness.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

The leg is flexed as in complete radial paralysis, or fracture of the ulna.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.