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Paralysis of one side of the body
Answer for the clue "Paralysis of one side of the body ", 10 letters:
hemiplegia
Word definitions for hemiplegia in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. paralysis of one side of the body [syn: unilateral paralysis ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hemiplegia \Hem`i*ple"gi*a\, n.[NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? half + ? a stroke; cf. F. h['e]miplagie.] (Med.) A palsy that affects one side only of the body. -- Hem`i"pleg"ic , a.
Usage examples of hemiplegia.
He had atrial fibrillation and had thrown off a large embolus giving him a left hemiplegia, and I was asked to see him because he constantly fell out of bed at night for which the cardiologists could find no reason.
You have what we think is a transient hemiplegia or hemiparesis, and we expect full resolution of that.
Carlton was left with partial hemiplegia and a bankruptcy suit of his own.