hemiplegia
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of hemiplegia
1590–1600; < New Latin < Medieval Greek hēmiplēgía. See hemi-, -plegia
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He said Basel Ghazawi had been a patient in the hospital since October with hemiplegia, or partial paralysis.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
But then she began talking to a 14-year-old cousin who has a condition called hemiplegia, which means that one side of his body is significantly weaker than the other.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2016
The resulting condition would be hemiplegia on the side of the trauma—one leg would be paralyzed.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Her twin Adah suffers from hemiplegia and, for much of the novel, cannot speak at all.
From The Guardian ● May 3, 2013
In rare cases the whole motor area is destroyed—cortical hemiplegia; more generally the lesion affects one or more groups of muscles, and occasionally all the muscles of one limb are paralysed—cortical monoplegia.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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