Durch Schädigung der Nerven bedingte Aufhebung der Muskelbeweglichkeit (motorische L.) oder der Gefühlsempfindungen (sensible L.). Man unterscheidet die schlaffe L., die zur Aufhebung jegl. Beweglichkeit eines Muskels führt, u. die spastische L., die durch Verkrampfung der Muskeln eine unbehinderte Bewegung unmögl. macht.
ETYM Old Eng. palesie, parlesy, Old Fren. paralesie, French paralysie, Latin paralysis. Related to Paralysis.
A condition marked by uncontrollable tremor.
ETYM Latin, from Greek, to loosen, dissolve, or disable at the side; para beside + lyein. Related to Para-, and Loose, Palsy.
Loss of the ability to move a body part; SYN. palsy.
Loss of voluntary movement due to failure of nerve impulses to reach the muscles involved. It may result from almost any disorder of the nervous system, including brain or spinal cord injury, poliomyelitis, stroke, and progressive conditions such as a tumor or multiple sclerosis. Paralysis may also involve loss of sensation due to sensory nerve disturbance.