different between hemiplegia vs paraplegia

English

Alternative forms

• hemiplegy (dated)

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ??????? (h?mipl?x), also ????????? (h?mipl?g?s, “stricken on one side”), from ???- (h?mi-, “half”) + ???????? (pl?ssein, “to strike”).

Noun

hemiplegia (usually uncountable, plural hemiplegias)

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

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

Derived terms

• cerebral hemiplegia
• double hemiplegia
• facial hemiplegia
• spastic hemiplegia

Translations

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From New Latin paraplegia, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (parapl?gí?), Ionic Greek for ?????????? (parapl?xía, “paralysis on one side”), from ?????????????? (parapl?ssesthai, “to be stricken on one side”), active ???????????? (parapl?ssein, “to strike on one side”), from ???? (pará, “beside”) + ???????? (pl?ssein, “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.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Etymology

From paraplegio (“paraplegia”) +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paraple??ia/
• Hyphenation: pa?ra?ple?gi?a
• Rhymes: -ia

Adjective

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

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

Related terms

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

Interlingua

Noun

paraplegia (uncountable)

1. paraplegia

Italian

Noun

paraplegia f (plural paraplegie)

1. (pathology) paraplegia

Derived terms

• paraplegico

Portuguese

Noun

paraplegia f (plural paraplegias)

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

Derived terms

• paraplégico