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wrist drop
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wrist
drop
(
uncountable
)
(
pathology
)
A
paralysis
of the
extensor
muscles
of the
hand
and
fingers
, from any of various causes.
Wrist drop
was formerly encountered among painters, as a result of lead poisoning.
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carpoptosis
See also
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painter's colic
,
plumbism
foot drop
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