Bell'spalsy

Bell'spalsy
Bell's palsy n.
A unilateral facial muscle paralysis of sudden onset, resulting from trauma, compression, or infection of the facial nerve and characterized by muscle weakness and a distorted facial expression.
  [After Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842), Scottish anatomist.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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