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paraplegia

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10 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aaaegilpprStarts with PEnds with A0 clues
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  1. paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)

Word origin

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”).

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