Usually means: Loss of muscle control, paralysis.
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  1. palsy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. palsy: Merriam-Webster
  3. palsy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. palsy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. palsy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. palsy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Palsy, palsy: Wordnik
  8. palsy: Wiktionary
  9. palsy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. palsy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. palsy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Palsy, palsy: Dictionary.com
  13. palsy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. palsy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Palsy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Palsy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. palsy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. palsy: Rhymezone
  19. Palsy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. palsy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Palsy: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. palsy: FreeDictionary.org
  23. palsy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. palsy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. palsy: Legal dictionary

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  1. palsy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. palsy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Palsy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. Palsy: Merck Manuals
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  10. palsy: Medical dictionary
  11. Palsy: Drug Medical Dictionary
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  1. Palsy, Palsy, Palsy: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  2. palsy: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Palsy: Easton Bible
  2. Palsy: Smith's Bible Dictionary

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  1. palsy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See palsied as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (pathology) Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.
verb:  To paralyse, either completely or partially.
adjective:  (colloquial) Chummy, friendly.

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