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Webster 1913 Edition
Hemiplegia
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Hemˊi-ple′gi-a
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] half + [GREEK] a stroke; cf. F.
hémiplagie
.] (Med.)
A palsy that affects one side only of the body.
– Hemˊi′pleg′ic
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, Adj.
Definition 2024
hemiplegia
hemiplegia
English
Noun
hemiplegia (plural hemiplegias)
- Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
- I call the series Dubliners to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city. - James Joyce, August 1904
Derived terms
- cerebral hemiplegia
- facial hemiplegia
- spastic hemiplegia
Translations
total or partial inability to move one side of the body
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