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cerebral palsy
noun
medical : a disease that causes a person to have problems moving and speaking
Full Definition of CEREBRAL PALSY
: a disability resulting from damage to the brain before, during, or shortly after birth and outwardly manifested by muscular incoordination and speech disturbances
— cerebral–palsied adjective
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First Known Use of CEREBRAL PALSY
1889
Medical Dictionary
cerebral palsy
noun
Medical Definition of CEREBRAL PALSY
: a disability resulting from damage to the brain before, during, or shortly after birth and outwardly manifested by muscular incoordination and speech disturbances—see ataxic cerebral palsy, athetoid cerebral palsy, spastic cerebral palsy
—cerebral palsied adjective
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