paraplegia

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”).

paraplegia (countable and uncountable, plural paraplegias)

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

• “paraplegia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “paraplegia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “paraplegia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

From paraplegio (“paraplegia”) +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): [parapleˈɡia]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧ple‧gi‧a

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

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

• paraplegiulo (“someone with paraplegia, a paraplegic”)

paraplegia (uncountable)

1. paraplegia

paraplegia f (plural paraplegie)

1. (pathology) paraplegia

• paraplegico

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧ple‧gi‧a

paraplegia f (plural paraplegias)

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

• paraplégico