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paraplegia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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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”).

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

paraplegin

Relateds

hemiplegia · monoplegia · paraplegic · quadriplegia

Translations (26)

gv neulheiltys (paralysed condition) · es paraplejia (paralysed condition) · sv paraplegi (paralysed condition) · gl paraplexía (paralysed condition) · fr paraplégie (paralysed condition) · la paraplegia (paralysed condition) · pt paraplegia (paralysed condition) · ja 対まひ (paralysed condition) · sh параплѐгија (paralysed condition) · el παραπληγία (paralysed condition) · is þverlömun (paralysed condition) · cs paraplegie (paralysed condition) · ru параплеги́я (paralysed condition) · bg парализа на долната част от тялото (paralysed condition) · it paraplegia (paralysed condition) · ko 하반신 불수 (paralysed condition) · fi alaraajahalvaus (paralysed condition) · eo paraplegio (paralysed condition) · de Querschnittslähmung (paralysed condition) · nl dwarslaesie (paralysed condition) · cmn 截癱 /截瘫 (paralysed condition) · tl parapleya (paralysed condition) · is lömun fyrir neðan mitti (paralysed condition) · sh paraplègija (paralysed condition) · ca paraplegia (paralysed condition) · de Paraplegie (paralysed condition)