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CRUTCH PARALYSIS

\kɹˈʌt͡ʃ pəɹˈaləsˌɪs], \kɹˈʌt‍ʃ pəɹˈaləsˌɪs], \k_ɹ_ˈʌ_tʃ p_ə_ɹ_ˈa_l_ə_s_ˌɪ_s]\

Definitions of CRUTCH PARALYSIS

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Arm-palsy from pressure of crutch-head.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

P. in the distribution of the musculospiral nerve caused by compression with a crutch.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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