The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Palsy \Pal"sy\, n.; pl. Palsies. [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF.
paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See Paralysis.]
(Med.)
Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis. "One sick of
the palsy." --Mark ii. 3.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bell's palsy \Bell's palsy\
Paralysis of the facial nerve, producing distortion of one
side of the face.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]