wrist-drop
Britishnoun
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He slipped on the ice, however, and sprained his wrist, and the next day turned up with a typical lead wrist-drop.
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He had no signs at all of wrist-drop, there were no suspicious signs on his gums and he had never suffered from constipation or anything like lead colic.
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Weakness or paralysis of the extensors of the wrist and hand results, giving rise to the characteristic “wrist-drop.”
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A year later the wrist-drop still persisted.
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Three weeks later, radial sensation returned; but the triceps was very weak, and wrist-drop was complete.
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