erb's palsy

1. 1.

   paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth)

   SynonymsErb-Duchenne paralysis

   Broaderparalysis

Questions about erb's palsy

What does erb's palsy mean?

erb's palsy means "paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth)".

What is another word for erb's palsy?

Close synonyms include Erb-Duchenne paralysis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is erb's palsy a common word?

erb's palsy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.