Hemiplegia
//ˌhem.ɪˈpliː.dʒ(i.)ə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 paralysis of one side of the body wordnet
Example
More examples"I call the series Dubliners to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city."
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.
Related phrases
More for "hemiplegia"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.