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Hemiplegia

//ˌhem.ɪˈpliː.dʒ(i.)ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Total or partial inability to move one side of the body. uncountable, usually

    "I call the series Dubliners to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city."

  2. 2
    paralysis of one side of the body wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin hemiplegia, from Ancient Greek ἡμιπλήξ (hēmiplḗx), also ἡμιπληγής (hēmiplēgḗs, “stricken on one side”), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”). By surface analysis, hemi- + -plegia.

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