Synonyms for cerebral palsy
cere·bral pal·sy

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1. cerebral palsynoun

   Synonyms:
   CP

2. cerebral palsynoun

   A group of non-progressive, non-contagious conditions, caused by brain damage before birth or during infancy, characterized by impairment of muscular coordination.

   Synonyms:
   CP

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1. cerebral palsy, spastic paralysisnoun

   a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth

   Synonyms:
   spastic paralysis

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1. cerebral palsy

   Synonyms:
   Static encephalopathy

2. cerebral palsy

   Synonyms:
   Brain paralysis, cerebral diplegia, cchoreo-athetoid cerebral palsy, ongenital diplegia, congenital quadriplegia, congenital spastic paralysis, congenital static encephalopathy, CP, dyskinetic cerebral palsy, extrapyramidal cerebral palsy, infantile cerebral paralysis, infantile spastic paralysis, Little disease, Little syndrome, Little's disease, Little's syndrome, pyramidal cerebral palsy, spastic cerebral palsy, spastic diplegia, spastic quadriplegia, static encephalopathy

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1. Rateb Samour:

   We speak about chondritis in the neck and spine, migraine, loss of hair, alopecia areata, skin diseases, cerebral palsy, autism and cancer.

2. Patricia Parkinson Glenn:

   Lots of women have breast cancer, and lots of women have sons that have cerebral palsy and autism. It just so happens that I happen to have all of the above at the same time.

3. Robin Rinearson:

   Jake is 29 years old. He’s got cerebral palsy. He had a job for eight years working for a company with 17 other young adults with disabilities. And when COVID hit, that company basically remained open, but they sent all the 18 people with special needs home.

4. Carolyn Garver:

   Veterans do really well with equine-assisted activities. Same with at-risk youth. It gives them a lot of self-confidence. It gives autistic children a lot of self-confidence, too, it's also good for people that have motor disorders : cerebral palsy, tic disorders. I think it has a lot of ramifications for many different disabilities.

5. Joanne Kurtzberg:

   I feel more confident now because of our (cerebral palsy) study, which preceded this study and does show benefits.