different between quadriplegia vs hemiplegia

English

Etymology

Latin quadri- (“four”) +? plegia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (pl?ssein, “to strike”); probably patterned after paraplegia.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kw?d???plid???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kw?d???pli?d???/
• Hyphenation: quad?ri?ple?gia

Noun

quadriplegia (countable and uncountable, plural quadriplegias)

1. paralysis from the neck down
2. paralysis of all four limbs

Synonyms

• tetraplegia

Related terms

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From quadri- +? -plegia.

Noun

quadriplegia f (plural quadriplegie)

1. quadriplegia

   Synonym: tetraplegia

Derived terms

• quadriplegico

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