| parturient paralysis | A slight elevation of temperature following childbirth, said to be due to the establishment of the secretion of milk, but probably the same as absorption fever, an afebrile metabolic disease, occurring shortly after parturition in dairy cattle, characterised by hypocalcaemia and manifested by loss of consciousness and general paralysis. Synonym: parturient paralysis, parturient paresis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| global paralysis | Paralysis of both whole sides of the body; survival is usually of short duration. Synonym: generalised paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glossolabiolaryngeal paralysis | Progressive weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the tongue, lips, palate, pharynx, and larynx, usually occurring in later life; most often caused by motor neuron disease. Synonym: bulbar palsy, bulbar paralysis, Duchenne's disease, Erb disease, glossolabiolaryngeal paralysis, glossolabiopharyngeal paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glossopalatolabial paralysis | One of the subgroups of motor neuron disease; a progressive degenerative disorder of the motor neurons of primarily the brainstem, manifested as weakness (and wasting) of the various bulbar muscles, resulting in dysarthria and dysphagia-fluid regurgitation is an outstanding symptom and can cause aspiration; tongue weakness and wasting is usually evident, and often the fasciculation potentials are present in the tongue and facial muscles. Synonym: glossopalatolabial paralysis, glossopharyngeolabial paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glossopharyngeolabial paralysis | One of the subgroups of motor neuron disease; a progressive degenerative disorder of the motor neurons of primarily the brainstem, manifested as weakness (and wasting) of the various bulbar muscles, resulting in dysarthria and dysphagia-fluid regurgitation is an outstanding symptom and can cause aspiration; tongue weakness and wasting is usually evident, and often the fasciculation potentials are present in the tongue and facial muscles. Synonym: glossopalatolabial paralysis, glossopharyngeolabial paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vocal cord paralysis | Paralysis of one or both of the vocal cords. (12 Dec 1998) |
| central paralysis | Paralysis due to a lesion in the brain or spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Chastek paralysis | A disease of foxes and mink caused by feeding on raw fish of certain types which contain an enzyme destructive of thiamin; the thiamin deficiency causes loss of appetite, emaciation, and finally paralysis and death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| periodic paralysis | Term for a group of diseases characterised by recurring episodes of muscular weakness or flaccid paralysis without loss of consciousness, speech, or sensation; attacks begin when the patient is at rest, and there is apparent good health between attacks. See: hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis, hypokalaemic periodic paralysis, normokalaemic periodic paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gubler's paralysis | <syndrome> A form of alternating hemiplegia characterised by contralateral hemiplegia and ipsilateral facial paralysis. Synonym: Gubler's paralysis, Millard-Gubler syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mimetic paralysis | Paralysis of the facial muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mixed paralysis | Combined motor and sensory paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wasting paralysis | A serious neurologic disease that results from the progressive degeneration of the motor neurons. (27 Sep 1997) |
| motor paralysis | Loss of the power of muscular contraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compression paralysis | Paralysis due to external presure on a nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |