paral'ysin

Agglutinin. paral'ysis [G.] 1. Akinesia, a cines i a, palsy, lo of power of voluntary movement in a muscle through injury or dispase of its nerve supply. 2. Anesthesia, lo of sensation in a part. 3. Lo of any function, as of secretion or of mental action, acous'tic p., nervous deafne , acute ascend'ing p., Landry's p., a p. of rapid course, beginning in the legs and involving progre ively the trunk, arms, and neck, ending usually in death in from one to three weeks, acute atroph'ic p., infantile p., poliomyelitis* anterior, acute' infec'tious p., acute anterior poliomyelitis.* ante'- rior spinal p., poliomyelitis anterior, ascend'ing p., p. which advances progre ively from the periphery toward the nerve center, or from the lower toward the upper portions of the body, as then'ic bulbar, or bulbospi'nal p., myasthenia gravis. atroph'ic spinal p., poliomyelitis anterior, bulbar p., progre ive bulbar p. central p., p. due to a lesion in the brain or spinal cord, compres's ion p., p. due to compre ion of a nerve, usually of the arm, due to prolonged pre ure, as during sleep, or from, the pre ure of a crutch, etc. cro ed p., p. affecting one side of the face and the other side of the body, crutch p., a form of compre ion p. decu'bit us p., a form of compre ion p. due to pre ure on a limb during sleep, diphtherit'ic p. post diphtheritic p. diver's p., cai on disease, epidem'ic p., acute anterior poliomyelitis.* e en'tial p. of chil'dren, acute anterior poliomyelitis.* facial p.. Bell's palsy, p. of the facial nerve, gen'eral p. of the insane', general paresis.* glo "ola"biolaryn'geal p., glo "ola"biopharyn'geal p., progre ive bulbar p. in'fantile spi'nal p., acute anterior poliomyelitis. labial p., bulbar p. lead p., lead palsy.* morn'- ing p., infantile paralysis in which the stage of fever is slight or absent, a child being put to bed well and waking up paralyzed, musculospi'ral p., p. of the muscles of the forearm due to injury of the radial (musculospiral) nerve. myogen'ic p., acute anterior poliomyelitis.* obstet'ric p., birth palsy, p. of the newborn due to injury received during childbirth, p. ag'itans, Parkins on's disease, shaking palsy, a disorder marked by muscular weakne , stiffne , and tremor, with paresthesias, myalgic or neuralgic pains, and a feeling of nervousne or restle ne . p. vacil'lans, chorea, postdiphtherit'ic p., p. affecting the uvula most frequently, but also any other muscles, due to toxic neuritis; it comes on, as a rule, in the second or third week following the beginning of the attack of diphtheria, post i'- cus p., p. of the posterior cricothyroid muscles in tabes dorsal is. progres's ive bul'bar p., glo olabiolaryngeal p., glo olabiopharyngeal p., Duchenne's p., a progre ive atrophy and paralysis of the muscles of the tongue, lips, palate, pharynx, and larynx, occurring in later life and due to atrophic degeneration of the nuclei, in the medulla oblong at a, of the nerves supplying these muscles, pseudo bulbar p., p. of the lips and tongue, simulating progre ive bulbar p., but due to a cerebral lesion, pseudohypertroph'ic p., Duchenne's disease, a malady of childhood, marked by progre ive muscular atrophy in which an appearance of hypertrophy is given by a deposit of fat taking the place of the wasted muscles, spas'tic spi'nal p., Little's disease, a congenital sclerosis of the lateral columns of the spinal cord, causing rigidity of the muscles of the extremities, with atrophy and paresis and exaggerated reflexes, wasting p., progre ive muscular atrophy.*