

Bell's palsy definition of Bell's palsy in the Medical dictionary ... Bell palsy Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Bell palsy
palsy /pal·sy/ (pawl´ze) paralysis. Bell's palsy unilateral facial paralysis of sudden onset due to a lesion of the facial nerve, resulting in characteristic facial distortion. Facial nerve palsy causing weakness of the muscles on one side of the face with inability to close the eye; sometimes hearing may be affected and there may be partial loss of taste
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