paraplegia

English

Etymology

From New Latin paraplegia, from Ancient Greek παραπληγίη (paraplēgíē), Ionic Greek for παραπληξία (paraplēxía, “paralysis on one side”), from παραπλήσσεσθαι (paraplḗssesthai, “to be stricken on one side”), active παραπλήσσειν (paraplḗssein, “to strike on one side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”).

Pronunciation

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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.

Derived terms

• paraplegin

Related terms

• hemiplegia
• monoplegia
• paraplegic
• quadriplegia

Translations

paralysed condition

• Bulgarian: парализа на долната част от тялото (paraliza na dolnata čast ot tjaloto)
• Catalan: paraplegia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 截癱 / 截瘫 (zh) (jiétān)

• Czech: paraplegie f
• Dutch: dwarslaesie (nl) f
• Esperanto: paraplegio
• Finnish: alaraajahalvaus
• French: paraplégie (fr)
• Galician: paraplexía f
• German: Querschnittslähmung (de) f, Paraplegie f
• Greek: παραπληγία (el) (parapligía)
• Icelandic: þverlömun (is) f, lömun fyrir neðan mitti f
• Italian: paraplegia (it)
• Japanese: 対まひ (ついまひ, tsuimahi)
• Korean: 하반신 불수 (habansin bulsu)
• Latin: paraplegia
• Manx: neulheiltys m
• Portuguese: paraplegia (pt) f
• Russian: параплеги́я (ru) f (paraplegíja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: параплѐгија f

  Latin: paraplègija (sh) f

• Spanish: paraplejia (es) f
• Swedish: paraplegi c
• Tagalog: parapleya

Further reading

• “paraplegia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “paraplegia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “paraplegia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Pronunciation

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Noun

paraplegia f (uncountable)

1. paraplegia

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto paraplegio

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto paraplegia

From paraplegio (“paraplegia”) + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parapleˈɡia/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧ple‧gi‧a

Adjective

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

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

Related terms

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

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English paraplegia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑˌpleɡiɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝ˌple̞ɡiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eɡiɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧ra‧ple‧gi‧a, pa‧rap‧le‧gi‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): para‧plegia, pa‧rap‧le‧gia

Noun

paraplegia

1. (medicine) paraplegia

Declension

Inflection of paraplegia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		paraplegia	paraplegiat
genitive		paraplegian	paraplegioiden paraplegioitten
partitive		paraplegiaa	paraplegioita
illative		paraplegiaan	paraplegioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		paraplegia	paraplegiat
accusative	nom.	paraplegia	paraplegiat
	gen.	paraplegian
genitive		paraplegian	paraplegioiden paraplegioitten paraplegiain rare
partitive		paraplegiaa	paraplegioita
inessive		paraplegiassa	paraplegioissa
elative		paraplegiasta	paraplegioista
illative		paraplegiaan	paraplegioihin
adessive		paraplegialla	paraplegioilla
ablative		paraplegialta	paraplegioilta
allative		paraplegialle	paraplegioille
essive		paraplegiana	paraplegioina
translative		paraplegiaksi	paraplegioiksi
abessive		paraplegiatta	paraplegioitta
instructive		—	paraplegioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of paraplegia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative paraplegiani paraplegiani accusative nom. paraplegiani paraplegiani gen. paraplegiani genitive paraplegiani paraplegioideni paraplegioitteni paraplegiaini rare partitive paraplegiaani paraplegioitani inessive paraplegiassani paraplegioissani elative paraplegiastani paraplegioistani illative paraplegiaani paraplegioihini adessive paraplegiallani paraplegioillani ablative paraplegialtani paraplegioiltani allative paraplegialleni paraplegioilleni essive paraplegianani paraplegioinani translative paraplegiakseni paraplegioikseni abessive paraplegiattani paraplegioittani instructive — — comitative — paraplegioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative paraplegiasi paraplegiasi accusative nom. paraplegiasi paraplegiasi gen. paraplegiasi genitive paraplegiasi paraplegioidesi paraplegioittesi paraplegiaisi rare partitive paraplegiaasi paraplegioitasi inessive paraplegiassasi paraplegioissasi elative paraplegiastasi paraplegioistasi illative paraplegiaasi paraplegioihisi adessive paraplegiallasi paraplegioillasi ablative paraplegialtasi paraplegioiltasi allative paraplegiallesi paraplegioillesi essive paraplegianasi paraplegioinasi translative paraplegiaksesi paraplegioiksesi abessive paraplegiattasi paraplegioittasi instructive — — comitative — paraplegioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative paraplegiamme paraplegiamme accusative nom. paraplegiamme paraplegiamme gen. paraplegiamme genitive paraplegiamme paraplegioidemme paraplegioittemme paraplegiaimme rare partitive paraplegiaamme paraplegioitamme inessive paraplegiassamme paraplegioissamme elative paraplegiastamme paraplegioistamme illative paraplegiaamme paraplegioihimme adessive paraplegiallamme paraplegioillamme ablative paraplegialtamme paraplegioiltamme allative paraplegiallemme paraplegioillemme essive paraplegianamme paraplegioinamme translative paraplegiaksemme paraplegioiksemme abessive paraplegiattamme paraplegioittamme instructive — — comitative — paraplegioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative paraplegianne paraplegianne accusative nom. paraplegianne paraplegianne gen. paraplegianne genitive paraplegianne paraplegioidenne paraplegioittenne paraplegiainne rare partitive paraplegiaanne paraplegioitanne inessive paraplegiassanne paraplegioissanne elative paraplegiastanne paraplegioistanne illative paraplegiaanne paraplegioihinne adessive paraplegiallanne paraplegioillanne ablative paraplegialtanne paraplegioiltanne allative paraplegiallenne paraplegioillenne essive paraplegiananne paraplegioinanne translative paraplegiaksenne paraplegioiksenne abessive paraplegiattanne paraplegioittanne instructive — — comitative — paraplegioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative paraplegiansa paraplegiansa accusative nom. paraplegiansa paraplegiansa gen. paraplegiansa genitive paraplegiansa paraplegioidensa paraplegioittensa paraplegiainsa rare partitive paraplegiaansa paraplegioitaan paraplegioitansa inessive paraplegiassaan paraplegiassansa paraplegioissaan paraplegioissansa elative paraplegiastaan paraplegiastansa paraplegioistaan paraplegioistansa illative paraplegiaansa paraplegioihinsa adessive paraplegiallaan paraplegiallansa paraplegioillaan paraplegioillansa ablative paraplegialtaan paraplegialtansa paraplegioiltaan paraplegioiltansa allative paraplegialleen paraplegiallensa paraplegioilleen paraplegioillensa essive paraplegianaan paraplegianansa paraplegioinaan paraplegioinansa translative paraplegiakseen paraplegiaksensa paraplegioikseen paraplegioiksensa abessive paraplegiattaan paraplegiattansa paraplegioittaan paraplegioittansa instructive — — comitative — paraplegioineen paraplegioinensa

Synonyms

• alaraajahalvaus

Interlingua

Noun

paraplegia (uncountable)

1. paraplegia

Italian

Noun

paraplegia f (plural paraplegie)

1. (pathology) paraplegia

Derived terms

• paraplegico

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.pleˈʒi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.plɨˈʒi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧ple‧gi‧a

Noun

paraplegia f (plural paraplegias)

1. (pathology) paraplegia (condition of being paralysed from the waist down)

Derived terms

• paraplégico

Further reading

• “paraplegia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “paraplegia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026