Paraplegia Definition

părə-plējə, -jē-ə
noun
Motor and sensory paralysis of the entire lower half of the body.
Webster's New World

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Noun

Singular:
paraplegia
Plural:
paraplegias

Origin of Paraplegia

  • From New Latin paraplegia, from Ancient Greek παραπληγία (paraplÄ“gia), Ionic Greek for παραπληξία (paraplÄ“ksia, “paralysis on one side"), from παραπλήσσεσθαι (paraplÄ“ssesthai, “to be stricken on one side"), active παραπλήσσειν (paraplÄ“ssein, “to strike on one side"), from παρά (para, “beside") + πλήσσειν (plÄ“ssein, “to strike").

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek dialectal paraplēgiē hemiplegia from paraplēssesthai paraplēg- to be paralyzed from paraplēssein to strike on one side para- beside para–1 plēssein to strike plāk-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Paraplegia Sentence Examples

  • Lower lesions, causing paraplegia, are less likely to affect breathing.

  • We are using FES assisted cycling to study possible mechanisms of motor and sensory recovery in incomplete paraplegia.

  • Paraplegia from injecting phenol into the arteries that supply the spinal cord (prevented by checking the needle position with radio-opaque dye ).

  • Baldwin, who suffers from spastic paraplegia and needs crutches to walk, did not have to pay any more.

  • Dieticians normally decrease the amount of calories by 5 percent for those with paraplegia and 10 to 15 percent for those with tetraplegia (quadriplegia).

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