paraplegia

English

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Etymology

From New Latin paraplegia, from Ancient Greek παραπληγία, Ionic Greek for παραπληξία (“paralysis on one side”), from παραπλήσσεσθαι (“to be stricken on one side”), active παραπλήσσειν (“to strike on one side”), from παρά (“beside”) + πλήσσειν (“to strike”).

Noun

paraplegia (countable and uncountable; plural paraplegias)

1. (pathology) A condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move.

Related terms

• monoplegia
• hemiplegia
• paraplegic
• quadriplegia

Translations

paralysed condition

Catalan: paraplegia (ca) f. Chinese: 截瘫 (simplified), 截癱 (traditional) (jietan) Croatian: paraplègija (hr) f. Dutch: dwarslaesie (nl) Esperanto: paraplegio (eo) French: paraplégie (fr)

Greek: παραπληγία (el) (paraplēgía) Icelandic: þverlömun (is) f., lömun fyrir neðan mitti (is) f. Italian: paraplegia (it) Korean: 하반신 불수 (ko) (habansin bulsu) Latin: paraplegia (la) Spanish: paraplejia (es) f.

External links

• paraplegia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• paraplegia in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• paraplegia at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Adjective

paraplegia (plural paraplegiaj, accusative singular paraplegian, accusative plural paraplegiajn)

1. of or related to paraplegia, paraplegic
2. (of a person) having paraplegia, paraplegic

Related terms

• paraplegio (“paraplegia”)
• paraplegiulo (“someone with paraplegia, a paraplegic”)

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Italian

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Noun

paraplegia f. (plural paraplegie)

1. (pathology) paraplegia

Derived terms

• paraplegico