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Pott''s Disease :: Pott's disease () Caries of the vertebrae, frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; -- so named from Percival Pott, an English surgeon..

Paresis :: Paresis (n.) Incomplete paralysis, affecting motion but not sensation..

Embolism :: Embolism (n.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.

Ptosis :: Ptosis (n.) Drooping of the upper eyelid, produced by paralysis of its levator muscle..

Urtication :: Urtication (n.) The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.

Paralytic :: Paralytic (n.) A person affected with paralysis.

Paralytic :: Paralytic (a.) Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.

Antiparalytic :: Antiparalytic (a.) Good against paralysis.

Conine :: Conine (n.) A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2..

Palsy :: Palsy (n.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis..

Paralytic :: Paralytic (a.) Affected with paralysis, or palsy..

Antiparalytic :: Antiparalytic (n.) A medicine for paralysis.

Paralytic :: Paralytic (a.) Inclined or tending to paralysis.

Trepidation :: Trepidation (n.) An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering..

Mytilotoxine :: Mytilotoxine (n.) A poisonous base (leucomaine) found in the common mussel. It either causes paralysis of the muscles, or gives rise to convulsions, including death by an accumulation of carbonic acid in the blood..

Barbiers :: Barbiers (n.) A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic form..

Bulbar :: Bulbar (a.) Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralysis..

Paralysis :: Paralysis (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..

Paralyze :: Paralyze (v. t.) To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.

Akinesia :: Akinesia (n.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.

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