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wrist⋅drop

[rist-drop]
–noun Pathology.
paralysis of the extensor muscles of the hand causing it to droop, due to injuries or some poisons, as lead or arsenic.
Also, wrist-drop.


Origin:
1835–45; wrist + drop
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