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hemiplegia

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌhem.ɪˈpliː.dʒ(i.)ə/Part of speech nounSorted aeeghiilmpStarts with HEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. paralysis of one side of the body

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • I call the series Dubliners to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city.
  • As you doubtlessly also can read from the paper you pilfered from my bag, hemiplegia, a medical term known to the layman as paralysis resulting from a blood clot in the brain.

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