different between hemiplegia vs tetraplegia

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

Ancient Greek ?????- (tetra-, “four”) + ????? (pl?g?, “blow”).

Noun

tetraplegia (countable and uncountable, plural tetraplegias)

1. Paralysis of all four limbs.
2. Complete paralysis from below the jaw.

Synonyms

• quadriplegia

Translations

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tetr?ple?i?/, [?t?e?t?r?p?le??i?]
• Rhymes: -e?i?
• Syllabification: tet?rap?le?gi?a

Noun

tetraplegia

1. tetraplegia

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From tetra- +? -plegia.

Noun

tetraplegia f (plural tetraplegie)

1. quadriplegia

   Synonym: quadriplegia

Anagrams

• pretagliate