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Abstract
A general term most often used to describe severe or complete loss of muscle strength due to motor system disease from the level of the cerebral cortex to the muscle fiber. This term may also occasionally refer to a loss of sensory function. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p45)
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- Palsy
- Plegia
- Palsies
- Paralyses
- Plegias
- Todd Paralysis
- Todd's Paralysis
- Paralysis, Todd
- Paralysis, Todd's
- Todds Paralysis
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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severe loss of motor function as compared with PARESIS, a slight loss; GENERAL PARALYSIS see NEUROSYPHILIS does not mean "generalized paralysis" ( = PARALYSIS); spastic paralysis = PARALYSIS (IM) + MUSCLE SPASTICITY (NIM); flaccid paralysis = PARALYSIS (IM) + MUSCLE FLACCIDITY (NIM)
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PARALYSIS, SPASTIC was heading 1963-78
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Paralysis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010243. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010243
- Paralysis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralysis
- Paralysis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107231