Palsy

Noun

 * 1)  Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.

Synonyms

 * paralysis

Verb

 * 1) to paralyse, either completely or partially
 * 2) * 1831, William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator, To The Public
 * In the month of August, I issued proposals for publishing "THE LIBERATOR" in Washington city; but the enterprise, though hailed in different sections of the country, was palsied by public indifference.

Adjective

 * 1)  Chummy, friendly.

Thesaurus
MS, ague, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, apoplexy, brain disease, bumpiness, catalepsy, cataplexy, cephalalgia, cerebral palsy, chattering, chorea, cold shivers, diplegia, emotional disorder, epilepsy, falling sickness, fits and starts, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, headache, hemiplegia, herpes zoster, infantile paralysis, ischialgia, jactation, jactitation, jerkiness, joltiness, migraine, multiple sclerosis, nervous disorder, neuralgia, neuritis, neuropathy, organic psychosis, paralysis, paraplegia, paresis, polio, poliomyelitis, polyneuritis, pressure neuropathy, priapism, quaking, quavering, quivering, radiculitis, sciatic neuritis, sciatica, sensory paralysis, shakes, shaking, shaking palsy, shingles, shivering, shivers, shuddering, spasms, spastic paralysis, stroke, succussion, the jerks, tic douloureux, toxic psychosis, trembling, tremulousness, vibration

Etymology 1
From parleisie:, palasie: et al., from the accusative form of  paralysis: <  παράλυσις: < παραλύειν: < παρά: + λύειν:.

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * Icelandic: lömun

Derived terms

 * Bell's palsy
 * cerebral palsy

Anagrams

 * plays
 * splay