infirmité motrice cérébrale
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First used by Professor Guy Tardieu in 1955
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
infirmité motrice cérébrale f (uncountable)
- cerebral palsy
- Synonyms: IMC; ~ paralysie cérébrale; ~ infirmité motrice d’origine cérébrale, IMOC
Usage notes[edit]
The term is more widely used in France than paralysie cérébrale and sometimes used synonymously instead. However, the main difference is that IMC is a motor disorder “accompanied by sensory impairment and partial impairment of higher functions with the exception of intellectual problems”. This is included under the definition of paralysie cérébrale, thus a more general term or a hypernym. The term infirmité motrice d'origine cérébrale has also been proposed to cover the broader meaning. [1]