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NIGHT-PALSY

\nˈa͡ɪtpˈɔːlzi], \nˈa‍ɪtpˈɔːlzi], \n_ˈaɪ_t_p_ˈɔː_l_z_i]\

Definitions of NIGHT-PALSY

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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Acroparesthesia or numbness of the extremities, occurring at night or on waking in the morning, affecting especially women at the menopause.
Waking numbness.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Paresthesia of hands, worse at night.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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