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Bell's palsy

–noun Pathology.
suddenly occurring paralysis that distorts one side of the face, caused by a lesion of the facial nerve.

Origin:
1855–60; named after Charles Bell (1774–1842), Scottish anatomist, who first described it
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Main Entry: Bell's palsy
Function: noun
: paralysis of the facial nerve producing distortion on one side of the face
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Bell's palsy n.
See facial palsy.

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