ERB'S PALSY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth)

Synonyms:

Erb's palsy; Erb-Duchenne paralysis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Erb's palsy" is a kind of...):

palsy; paralysis (loss of the ability to move a body part)

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