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Hemiplegia

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Paralysis affecting only one side of the body.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A palsy that affects one side only of the body.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In pathology, paralysis that affects one lateral half of the body. Also hemiplegy hemiplexia.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. paralysis of one side of the body

Word Usage

"For example, patients suffering from anosognosia seem to lack any awareness that they have a neurological problem most commonly hemiplegia, that is, paralysis or weakness of one side of the body following a stroke or other injury to the brain."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

paralysis palsy

Cross Reference

crossed hemiplegia alternate hemiplegia spinal hemiplegia hephestic hemiplegia

Form

facial hemiplegia spastic hemiplegia cerebral hemiplegia

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

paraplegia

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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