See Also: Dejerine-Klumpke palsy(medicine)
Dejerine-Klumpke(medicine)
Dejerine-Klumpke syndrome(medicine)
Klumpke palsy(medicine)
Klumpke's paralysis(medicine)
dejerine(medicine)
Dejerine's reflex(medicine)
Dejerine's sign(medicine)
Dejerine's disease(medicine)
Landouzy-Dejerine dystrophy(medicine)

annuity (iou) and Dejerine-Klumpke palsy (medicine)


annuity (iou)



annuity noun. LME.
[French annuite from medieval Latin annuitas, from annuus: see ANNUAL, -ITY.]
A yearly grant or allowance; a sum of money payable in respect of a particular year. LME.
An investment of money entitling the investor to a series of equal annual sums. L17.
consolidated annuities: see CONSOLIDATE verb 1. deferred annuity: see DEFER verb1 2.
annuitant noun [after accountant] a person who holds or receives an annuity E18.
annuitize verb trans. convert to, or pay in the form of, an annuity or series of regular payments L18.

Dejerine-Klumpke palsy (medicine)


Dejerine-Klumpke palsy -->
Klumpke palsy


A type of brachial birth palsy in which there is paralysis of the muscles of the distal forearm and hand (all ulnar innervated muscles, plus more distal radial and median-innervated muscles), due to a lesion of the lower trunk of the brachial plexus, or of the C8 and T1 cervical roots.

Synonym: Dejerine-Klumpke palsy, Dejerine-Klumpke syndrome, Klumpke's paralysis.