Bell's palsy

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Named after Scottish surgeon Charles Bell (1774–1842), who first described the connection of the facial nerve to the condition.

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 貝爾氏麻痺 /贝尔氏麻痹 (Bèi'ěrshì mábì) — paralysis of cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve
• Czech: Bellova obrna — paralysis of cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve
• Finnish: kasvohalvaus — paralysis of cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve
• German: idiopathische Fazialisparese — paralysis of cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve
• German: Bell’sche Parese — paralysis of cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve
• Icelandic: andlitsvöðvalömun — paralysis of cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve
• Japanese: ベル麻痺 (Beru mahi) — paralysis of cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve
• Portuguese: paralisia de Bell — paralysis of cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve
• Russian: парали́ч Бе́лла (paralíč Bɛ́lla) — paralysis of cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve
• Telugu: ముఖ పక్షవాతం (mukha pakṣavātaṁ) — paralysis of cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve