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.
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,
paralysis agitans, a disease usually occurring in old
people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shaking and
tottering gait.
Pal"sy, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Palsied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Palsying.] To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to
deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.