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 

• ERB'S PALSY (noun)

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...):

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