Cerebral Palsy: Historical Origin of the Term 'Palsy'
"Palsy" historically referred to various weakness/paralysis conditions. In the 1800s, "cerebral" was added to distinguish brain-origin disorders from other palsies. The term thus denotes a group of disorders caused by damage to the developing brain.
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