paraplegia

English

Etymology

From New Latin paraplegia, from Ancient Greek παραπληγία (paraplēgía), 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”).

Noun

paraplegia (countable and uncountable, plural paraplegias)

  1. (pathology) A condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move.

Translations

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Adjective

paraplegia (accusative singular paraplegian, plural paraplegiaj, accusative plural paraplegiajn)

  1. of or related to paraplegia, paraplegic
  2. (of a person) having paraplegia, paraplegic

Italian

Noun

paraplegia f (plural paraplegie)

  1. (pathology) paraplegia

Derived terms

Portuguese

Noun

paraplegia f (plural paraplegias)

  1. (pathology) paraplegia (condition of being paralysed from the waist down)
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