Meanings
nouncerebral palsy (countable and uncountable, plural cerebral palsies)
plural cerebral palsies
- countableuncountablemedicineA group of nonprogressive, noncontagious conditions, caused by brain damage before birth or during infancy, characterized by impairment of muscular coordination.
Synonyms: CP
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA group of nonprogressive, noncontagious conditions, caused by brain damage before birth or during infancy, characterized by impairment of muscular coordination.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth
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spastic paralysis
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic شلل دماغي
- شلل دماغي (šalal dimāḡiyyan)group of non-contagious conditions
Basque garun-paralisia
- garun-paralisiagroup of non-contagious conditions
Bulgarian церебрална парализа
- церебрална парализа (cerebralna paraliza)group of non-contagious conditions
Catalan paràlisi cerebral
- paràlisi cerebralgroup of non-contagious conditions
Chinese Cantonese 腦性麻痺 /脑性麻痹, 腦癱 /脑瘫
- 腦性麻痺 /脑性麻痹 (nou⁵ sing³ maa⁴ bei³)group of non-contagious conditions
- 腦癱 /脑瘫 (nou⁵ taan¹)group of non-contagious conditions
Chinese Mandarin 腦麻痺 /脑麻痹, 腦性麻痺 /脑性麻痹
- 腦麻痺 /脑麻痹 (nǎomábì)group of non-contagious conditions
- 腦性麻痺 /脑性麻痹 (nǎoxìng mábì)group of non-contagious conditions
- 大腦性麻痺 /大脑性麻痹 (dànǎoxìng mábì)group of non-contagious conditions
- 腦癱 /脑瘫 (nǎotān)group of non-contagious conditions
- 腦性癱瘓 /脑性瘫痪 (nǎoxìng tānhuàn)group of non-contagious conditions
Czech dětská mozková obrna, mozková obrna
- dětská mozková obrnagroup of non-contagious conditions
- mozková obrnagroup of non-contagious conditions
Danish cerebral parese, spastisk lammelse
- cerebral paresegroup of non-contagious conditions
- spastisk lammelsegroup of non-contagious conditions
Dutch cerebrale parese, hersenverlamming
- cerebrale paresegroup of non-contagious conditions
- hersenverlamminggroup of non-contagious conditions
Esperanto cerba paralizo
- cerba paralizogroup of non-contagious conditions
Estonian laste tserebraalparalüüs
- laste tserebraalparalüüsgroup of non-contagious conditions
Finnish CP-vamma, CP-oireyhtymä
- CP-vammagroup of non-contagious conditions
- CP-oireyhtymägroup of non-contagious conditions
French paralysie cérébrale, infirmité motrice cérébrale
- paralysie cérébralegroup of non-contagious conditions
- infirmité motrice cérébralegroup of non-contagious conditions
German Zerebralparese, infantile Zerebralparese
- Zerebralparesegroup of non-contagious conditions
- infantile Zerebralparesegroup of non-contagious conditions
Greek εγκεφαλική παράλυση
- εγκεφαλική παράλυση (egkefalikí parálysi)group of non-contagious conditions
Hebrew שיתוק מוחי, שִׁתּוּק מוֹחִי
- שיתוק מוחיgroup of non-contagious conditions
- שִׁתּוּק מוֹחִי (shitúk mokhí)group of non-contagious conditions
- שיתוק מוחין שִׁתּוּק מוֹחִיָןgroup of non-contagious conditions
Hindi प्रमस्तिष्क अंगघात
- प्रमस्तिष्क अंगघात (pramastiṣk aṅgghāt)group of non-contagious conditions
Hungarian agyi bénulás, cerebrális parézis
- agyi bénulásgroup of non-contagious conditions
- cerebrális parézisgroup of non-contagious conditions
Icelandic heilalömun
- heilalömungroup of non-contagious conditions
Indonesian lumpuh otak
- lumpuh otakgroup of non-contagious conditions
Irish pairilis cheirbreach
- pairilis cheirbreachgroup of non-contagious conditions
Italian paralisi cerebrale, paralisi cerebrale infantile
- paralisi cerebralegroup of non-contagious conditions
- paralisi cerebrale infantilegroup of non-contagious conditions
Japanese 脳性麻痺
- 脳性麻痺 (nōsei mahi)group of non-contagious conditions
Korean 뇌성 마비
- 뇌성 마비 (noeseong mabi)group of non-contagious conditions
Latin paralysis cerebralis
- paralysis cerebralisgroup of non-contagious conditions
Latvian cerebrālā parēze, cerebrālā trieka
- cerebrālā parēzegroup of non-contagious conditions
- cerebrālā triekagroup of non-contagious conditions
Lithuanian cerebrinis paralyžius
- cerebrinis paralyžiusgroup of non-contagious conditions
Malay palsi serebrum
- palsi serebrumgroup of non-contagious conditions
Norwegian Bokmål cerebral parese
- cerebral paresegroup of non-contagious conditions
Persian فلج مغزی
- فلج مغزی (falaj-e maġzi)group of non-contagious conditions
Polish porażenie mózgowe, mózgowe porażenie dziecięce
- porażenie mózgowegroup of non-contagious conditions
- mózgowe porażenie dziecięcegroup of non-contagious conditions
Portuguese paralisia cerebral
- paralisia cerebralgroup of non-contagious conditions
Romanian paralizie cerebrală
- paralizie cerebralăgroup of non-contagious conditions
Russian церебра́льный парали́ч, де́тский церебра́льный парали́ч
- церебра́льный парали́ч (cerebrálʹnyj paralíč)group of non-contagious conditions
- де́тский церебра́льный парали́ч (détskij cerebrálʹnyj paralíč)group of non-contagious conditions
Slovak detská mozgová obrna, mozgová obrna
- detská mozgová obrnagroup of non-contagious conditions
- mozgová obrnagroup of non-contagious conditions
Spanish parálisis cerebral
- parálisis cerebralgroup of non-contagious conditions
Swahili kupooza kwa ubongo
- kupooza kwa ubongogroup of non-contagious conditions
Swedish cerebral pares
- cerebral paresgroup of non-contagious conditions
Tamil பெருமூளை வாதம்
- பெருமூளை வாதம் (perumūḷai vātam)group of non-contagious conditions
Thai อัมพาตสมองใหญ่
- อัมพาตสมองใหญ่ (am-má-pâat sà-mŏng yài)group of non-contagious conditions
Turkish serebral palsi
- serebral palsigroup of non-contagious conditions
Ukrainian церебр́альний пара́ліч
- церебр́альний пара́ліч (cerebŕalʹnyj parálič)group of non-contagious conditions
Urdu دماغی فالج
- دماغی فالجgroup of non-contagious conditions
Vietnamese bại não
- bại nãogroup of non-contagious conditions
Welsh parlys yr ymennydd
- parlys yr ymennyddgroup of non-contagious conditions
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cerebral palsy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerebral%20palsy
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“cerebral palsy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerebral%20palsy. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cerebral palsy,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerebral%20palsy.
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