hemiplegia

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   paralysis of one side of the body

   The stroke caused hemiplegia on the left side of her body.

From New Latin hemiplegia, from Ancient Greek ἡμιπλήξ (hēmiplḗx), also ἡμιπληγής (hēmiplēgḗs, “stricken on one side”), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”). By surface analysis, hemi- + -plegia.

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