palsy
noun /ˈpɔːlzi/
/ˈpɔːlzi/
[uncountable] (old-fashioned)- paralysis (= loss of control or feeling in part or most of the body), especially when the arms and legs shake without control
see also cerebral palsy瘫痪,麻痹(尤指四肢颤动类) 词源Middle English: from Old French paralisie, from an alteration of Latin paralysis, from Greek paralusis, from paraluesthai ‘be disabled at the side’, from para ‘beside’ + luein ‘loosen’.