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ERB'S PALSY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Erb's palsy mean?
• ERB'S PALSY (noun)
The noun ERB'S PALSY has 1 sense:
1. paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth)
Familiarity information: ERB'S PALSY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Erb's palsy; Erb-Duchenne paralysis
Hypernyms ("Erb's palsy" is a kind of...):
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