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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pal·sy /ˈpɔlzi/
 中風,痲痺,痲痺狀態(vt.)痲痺,使癱瘓

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 pal·sy /ˈpɔlzɪ/ 名詞
 痲痺,癱瘓

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pal·sy n.; pl. Palsies   Med. Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis. “One sick of the palsy.”
 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 palsy
      n 1: loss of the ability to move a body part [syn: paralysis]
      2: a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
      v : affect with palsy
      [also: palsied]

From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 Palsy
    a shorter form of "paralysis." Many persons thus afflicted were
    cured by our Lord (Matt. 4:24; 8:5-13; 9:2-7; Mark 2:3-11; Luke
    7:2-10; John 5:5-7) and the apostles (Acts 8:7; 9:33, 34).