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Hemiplegia

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.

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hemiplegia

n. Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.

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hemiplegia

n. paralysis of one side of the body [syn: unilateral paralysis]

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.