hemiplegia
English
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editEtymology
editFrom New Latin hemiplegia, from Ancient Greek ἡμιπλήξ (hēmiplḗx), also ἡμιπληγής (hēmiplēgḗs, “stricken on one side”), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”).
Noun
edithemiplegia (usually uncountable, plural hemiplegias)
- Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
- 1904, James Joyce, letter to C. P. Curran, August 1904
- I call the series Dubliners to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city.
- 1904, James Joyce, letter to C. P. Curran, August 1904
Derived terms
editTranslations
edittotal or partial inability to move one side of the body
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Further reading
edit- “hemiplegia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “hemiplegia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “hemiplegia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.