单词 | birth palsy |
释义 | > as lemmasbirth palsy birth palsy n. weakness, paralysis, or incoordination of muscles resulting from injury to the brain, spinal cord, or peripheral nerves during the process of birth; an instance of this.Cf. cerebral palsy n. at cerebral adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1886 W. R. Gowers Man. Dis. Nerv. Syst. I. 339 The impairment of locomotion gradually lessens in birth-palsy. 1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxxviii. 1068 Mechanical injuries received by the child during labour..produce different varieties of ‘birth-palsy’; thus, traction on a limb may tear the nerve-trunks. 2007 S. H. Kozin in J. P. Iannotti & G. R. Williams Disorders Shoulder (ed. 2) II. xxxv. 1113/1 Most brachial plexus birth palsies involve the upper trunk and resolve over time. < as lemmas |
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