hemiplegia

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἡμιπλήξ (hēmiplḗx), also ἡμιπληγής (hēmiplēgḗs, “stricken on one side”), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”).

Noun

hemiplegia (usually uncountable, plural hemiplegias)

1. Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
   • James Joyce, August 1904

     I call the series Dubliners to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city.

Further reading

• hemiplegia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• hemiplegia in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• hemiplegia at OneLook Dictionary Search