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wrist-drop

noun

  1. paralysis of the extensor muscles of the wrist and fingers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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He had no signs at all of wrist-drop, there were no suspicious signs on his gums and he had never suffered from constipation or anything like lead colic.

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He slipped on the ice, however, and sprained his wrist, and the next day turned up with a typical lead wrist-drop.

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Weakness or paralysis of the extensors of the wrist and hand results, giving rise to the characteristic “wrist-drop.â€

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A year later the wrist-drop still persisted.

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Three weeks later, radial sensation returned; but the triceps was very weak, and wrist-drop was complete.

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