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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