What's the difference between palsy and paralysis?

Palsy


Definition:

  • (n.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.
  • (v. t.) To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The fine structure of neurofibrillary tangles in the hippocampal gyrus, substantia nigra, pontine nuclei and locus coeruleus of the brain was postmortem studied in a case of progressive supranuclear palsy.
  • (2) Thus, our results indicate that calbindin-D28k is a useful marker for the projection system from the matrix compartment and that its expression is modified in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy and striatal degeneration.
  • (3) The maternal age of children with CONH was significantly less than for the cerebral-palsied children which, in turn, was significantly less than for the FAS children.
  • (4) A 56-year-old man was admitted because of left facial palsy and hearing loss of bilateral ears.
  • (5) We performed a combined one-stage approach for the treatment of eighteen spastic subluxated or dislocated hips in eleven children who had cerebral palsy.
  • (6) If no other indication to operate occurs, we accept a conservative treatment of the humeral fracture with radial palsy.
  • (7) Auditory brain stem potentials (ABP) were recorded in 27 patients with Bell's palsy during the early phase of the disease and 1-3 months later.
  • (8) Peroneal nerve palsy may be avoided by careful surgical technique and postoperative dressings.
  • (9) The cavernous sinus is often involved pathologically, which can cause ocular motor nerve palsies with or without facial sensory disturbances.
  • (10) A transistor radio activated by a mercury switch was used to reinforce head posture in two retarded children with severe cerebral palsy.
  • (11) Postoperatively, 12 cases of miosis and one of asymptomatic phrenic nerve palsy were observed, but there were no serious complications.
  • (12) In 3 of the 4 cases, the palsy was ipsilateral to the side of the temporal lobectomy.
  • (13) Musculoskeletal manifestations of cerebral palsy (CP) change with growth, necessitating orthopaedic management.
  • (14) A case of acute angle-closure glaucoma precipitated by oculomotor nerve palsy in a patient with shallow anterior chambers is reported.
  • (15) Results obtained were as follows; 1) both R1 and R2 disappeared or prolonged in latencies by nuclear as well as peripheral facial nerve palsy, since the facial nerve was the final common pathway.
  • (16) A case of a patient with right temporal bone involvement with facial palsy, right parietal lobe infarctions and elevated anticardiolipin antibody titers is presented.
  • (17) After two weeks, her right-sided palsy and parkinsonism had disappeared, and neuropsychological deficits improved.
  • (18) Bilateral facial palsy occurred only in children with Lyme borreliosis.
  • (19) The children in the 1966 cohort were followed until the age of 14 and the incidences of cerebral palsy (CP) and mental retardation (IQ less than 71) were 3.2 times higher among the unwanted children than among the wanted ones.
  • (20) At 47-year-old right peripheral facial nerve palsy developed transiently with interstitial keratitis and episcleritis of the both eyes.

Paralysis


Definition:

  • (n.) Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp., the loss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See Hemiplegia, and Paraplegia. Also used figuratively.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Anterior borderzone brachial paralysis (ABBP) is a hemodynamic ischemic syndrome of the watershed zone between the anterior and middle cerebral arteries.
  • (2) Ruthenium red (RuR) inhibits Ca2+ uptake and transmitter release in synaptosomes, and produces flaccid paralysis when injected intraperitoneally (IP) and convulsions after intracranial administration.
  • (3) It is concluded that intraventricular 5-HT raises rectal temperature in cats when the amount is not too large, and that a hypothermic effect when it occurs results from paralysis of cells in the anterior hypothalamus which are excited by small doses.
  • (4) Stimulating the dorsal root at L5 was found to produce hindleg twitches in EAE rats with complete hindlimb paralysis.
  • (5) Results indicate that laryngeal paralysis following severe trauma can be a very early sign of aortic injury and requires prompt and thorough investigation.
  • (6) Weakness of the flexor pollicis longus, flexor digitorum profundus and pronator quadratus is usually related to an isolated paralysis of the anterior interosseous nerve in the volar aspect of the forearm.
  • (7) The occurrence of paresis or paralysis in ischemic processes strictly situated in the thalamus, however, is discussed: the deficit may be limited to parts of limbs; most often, it is not associated with pyramidal symptomatology; recovery is observed in the hand before the inferior limb.
  • (8) One hypothesis to account for intercellular invasion proposes that a necessary condition for a cell type to be invasive to a given host tissue is that it lack contact paralysis of locomotion during collision with cells of that host tissue.
  • (9) The incidenc- of cranial nerve paralysis in 37 percent and the incidence of intracranial extension is 14.6 percent.
  • (10) In addition to vocal cord paralysis on the laryngoscopy, videofluoroscopy confirmed diminished mobility of the soft palate.
  • (11) In Ca-free solutions, paralysis was induced after a sequence of no more than three pulses to 0 mV; in the presence of D600 only one pulse was sufficient.
  • (12) Linkage studies were performed in six European families with hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis (PPII) with myotonia, an autosomal dominantly inherited disorder characterised by episodic weakness.
  • (13) Here a diaphragm support breath pattern was used in voice therapy for patients with vocal nodules, recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, and incomplete glottal closure.
  • (14) Most of these patients were managed without paralysis using intermittent mandatory ventilation and positive-end expiratory pressure (PEEP).
  • (15) The heat shock-induced synthesis of organophosphorus acid hydrolases in transgenic flies conferred enhanced resistance to toxic paralysis by the organophosphate insecticide paraoxon.
  • (16) In both, objective aggravation occurred in three or more steps over four days, progressing from minor finger clumsiness to total paralysis of the arm.
  • (17) The main response characteristics are an immediate motor 'paralysis' (prolonged and generalized immobility), unresponsiveness, and abrupt and profound bradycardia.
  • (18) Coonhound paralysis (CHP), a polyradiculoneuritis of dogs that resembles the human Guillain-BarrĂ© syndrome, was experimentally reproduced by inoculating a dog with raccoon saliva.
  • (19) The spectrum of disabilities attendant to laryngeal paralysis range from mild hoarseness to complete upper airway obstruction depending upon the static position of the paralyzed cord or cords.
  • (20) The postoperative recovery of the gastrointestinal tract was similar in the two groups in duration of nasogastric drainage, intravenous fluid therapy, and intestinal paralysis.