hemiplegia
halbseitige Lähmung
Total or partial inability to move one side of the bodyTotal or partial inability to move one side of the body.
UK/ˌhem.ɪˈpliː.dʒ(i.)ə/US/ˌhem.ɪˈpli.dʒə/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
halbseitige Lähmung
paralysis of one side of the body
Translations
4 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
total or partial inability to move one side of the body:
Origin
From New Latin hemiplegia, from Ancient Greek ἡμιπλήξ (hēmiplḗx), also ἡμιπληγής (hēmiplēgFrom 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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Forms
plural: hemiplegiasSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- paralysis of one side of the body:unilateral paralysis
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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