A conjugate gaze palsy is inability to move both eyes together in a single horizontal (most commonly) or vertical direction.
(See also Overview of Neuro-ophthalmologic and Cranial Nerve Disorders.)
Gaze palsies most commonly affect horizontal gaze; some affect upward gaze, and fewer affect downward gaze.
The underlying disorder is treated.
Palsy
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Paralysis, especially that which is accompanied by involuntary tremors.
Palsy meaning & definition 1 of Palsy.
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A state entered after smoking too much marijuana when one [looses] his or her fine [motor skills] and may loose the ability to speak or correctly light a bowl. A common symptom of palsy is blowing into the bowl, an offense punishable by up to 5 skips. Derived from [cerebral palsy], the condition that the special kid in your elementary school had. You know, the one in the wheel chair that drooled.
Palsy meaning & definition 2 of Palsy.
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portmanteau of [measly] and [paltry], [scanty], less than adequate.
Palsy meaning & definition 3 of Palsy.
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n: [uncontrollable] [twitching], usually due to [drug overdose].
Palsy meaning & definition 4 of Palsy.
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Any light [sickness], [for example] a [cold].
Palsy meaning & definition 5 of Palsy.
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n. a type of hideous retardation causing children at school to look like dinosaurs; a terrible [abomination]
v. to [thrash] violently and uncontrollably
(note: not associated with [cerebral palsy])Palsy meaning & definition 6 of Palsy.
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A sexual act in which just before sexual climax, one partner [zaps] the other partner with a [taser], and then finishes. [Best not] performed during oral.
Palsy meaning & definition 7 of Palsy.
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a physical condition involving permanent tightening of the muscles that is caused by damage to the brain around or before the time of birth
Palsy meaning & definition 8 of Palsy.