Palsies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]