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Paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)
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paraplegia
Word definitions for paraplegia in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"paralysis of the lower half of the body," 1650s, Latinized form of (Ionic) Greek paraplegie "paralysis of one side of the body," from paraplessein "strike at the side," paraplessesthai "be stricken on one side," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + plessein ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Paraplegia is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek : παραπληγίη "half-striking". It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition such as spina bifida that affects the neural ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paraplegia \Par`a*ple"gi*a\, Paraplegy \Par"a*ple`gy\, n. [NL. paraplegia, fr. Gr. ? hemiplegia, fr. ? to strike at the side; para` beside + ? to strike: cf. F. parapl['e]gie.] (Med.) Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused usually ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) A condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move.
Usage examples of paraplegia.
An Accidental Woman is meant to be neither a manual on paraplegia nor one on maple syrup production.
Virtual Paraplegia, Quadriplegic Bulletin Board, Spinal Cord Injury Information Network, Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Junior sipping chat-room messages or puffing them into the ether.
Mostly they talked big-worded medical nomenclature, things like anterior poliomyelitis and spastic paraplegia due to bilateral cerebral lesion.
Greene is suffering from any disease other than an organic paralysis of both legs-- a paraplegia, in fact, of the entire lower part of the body.
The first time, that is, since the early months of complete paraplegia, when suicide had seemed to Lee a real option.
Privacy is a precious commodity to anyone, but to a woman emerging from paraplegia, it was a gift of life.