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hemiplegia

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Scrabble points
18
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21
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˌhem.ɪˈpliː.dʒ(i.)ə/
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/ˌhem.ɪˈpliː.dʒ(i.)ə/ · /ˌhem.ɪˈpli.dʒə/

Definition of hemiplegia

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
    “I call the series Dubliners to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city.”

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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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