as in multiple sclerosis
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of cerebral palsy
His daughter, Jessica, was born with cerebral palsy and diagnosed as a spastic quadriplegic.
—
Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
Cornell’s actual studio was in the basement of a house on Utopia Parkway in Flushing, where the artist lived for most of his adult life, along with his mother and a brother who needed caretaking, owing to cerebral palsy.
—Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
These increased positive outcomes for individuals with cerebral palsy, Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy, and Rett Syndrome, among other disorders, has created a growing population of young adults in need of services, and medical organizations are scrambling to catch up across the country.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025
Edys Renan Membreno Diaz, a Honduran national who entered the United States at least seven separate times, was convicted for raping and sodomizing a disabled woman suffering from cerebral palsy and cognitive delays in the laundry room of her apartment building.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cerebral palsy
Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
Cornell’s actual studio was in the basement of a house on Utopia Parkway in Flushing, where the artist lived for most of his adult life, along with his mother and a brother who needed caretaking, owing to cerebral palsy.
—Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
These increased positive outcomes for individuals with cerebral palsy, Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy, and Rett Syndrome, among other disorders, has created a growing population of young adults in need of services, and medical organizations are scrambling to catch up across the country.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025
Edys Renan Membreno Diaz, a Honduran national who entered the United States at least seven separate times, was convicted for raping and sodomizing a disabled woman suffering from cerebral palsy and cognitive delays in the laundry room of her apartment building.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cerebral palsy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cerebral palsy
Noun
-
The scans are often used to check for aneurysms of cerebral vessels, conditions of the eye and inner ear, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord conditions, stroke, tumors and brain injury from trauma.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
-
Selma Blair refuses to sugarcoat what life with multiple sclerosis looks like.—
Maggie Ryan,
Flow Space,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Other vaccines including for poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps and rubella will remain in place unless updated through legislation, according to the state Department of Health.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
-
Over the next 25 years, there would be 51.2 million cases of measles, 9.9 million cases of rubella and 4.3 million cases of poliomyelitis.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
The infantile form of Tay-Sachs manifests between three and six months of age, undermining gross motor control, worsening into seizures, deafness, and paralysis, and death by age five.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Nov. 2025
-
The next chapter of climate action should be fueled by possibility, not paralysis.—
Alexis Abramson,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
Symptoms can include a rash and flu-like symptoms, with some people going on to experience arthritis, facial palsy, pain, irregular heartbeats and other worsening symptoms.—
Grace Gavilanes,
People.com,
31 July 2025
-
The Emmy-winning composer died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles following an eight-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), Clausen’s daughter told the Hollywood Reporter.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
31 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Cerebral palsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cerebral%20palsy. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share