CEREBRAL PALSY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cerebral palsy mean? 

• CEREBRAL PALSY (noun)
  The noun CEREBRAL PALSY has 1 sense:

1. a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth

  Familiarity information: CEREBRAL PALSY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEREBRAL PALSY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cerebral palsy; spastic paralysis

Hypernyms ("cerebral palsy" is a kind of...):

brain disease; brain disorder; encephalopathy (any disorder or disease of the brain)

 Context examples 

It is not a manifestation of another disorder that may cause hypotonia (e.g., cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy).

(Benign Congenital Hypotonia, NCI Thesaurus)

Survivors may develop long-term disabilities, such as intellectual impairment or cerebral palsy.

(Longer cooling, lower temperature no improvement for infant oxygen deprivation, NIH)

Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders that affect a person's ability to move and to maintain balance and posture.

(Cerebral Palsy, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

A subtype of cerebral palsy characterized by both the tight muscle tone of spastic cerebral palsy and the writhing, involuntary muscle movements of athetoid cerebral palsy.

(Mixed Cerebral Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)

The four major subtypes are spastic, athetoid, ataxic, and mixed cerebral palsy, with spastic forms being the most common.

(Cerebral Palsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This would be life-changing for patients with cerebral palsy, Lou Gehrig's disease, and other ailments that lead to loss of muscle function.

(Fundamental Rules for How The Brain Controls Movement, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The least common subtype of cerebral palsy, in which the individual displays hypotonia, a loss of motor coordination, and an intention tremor.

(Ataxic Cerebral Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)

Dysphagia is prevalent among older people in particular (30%–40% of the elderly people admitted to hospitals or care homes) and patients with neurological or neurodegenerative disorders and diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cerebral palsy, or strokes.

(Scientists designed the first test to detect dysphagia, University of Granada)

A subtype of cerebral palsy characterized by involuntary, purposeless writhing movements which affect the hands, feet, arms, and legs; the face and tongue may be affected as well, leading to involuntary grimacing, drooling, dysarthria and difficulty eating.

(Athetoid Cerebral Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)

People with cerebral palsy may have difficulty walking.

(Cerebral Palsy, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)