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plegia

plegia

See also: -plegia

English

Noun

plegia

  1. (pathology, especially in combination) paralysis
    • 2015 July 14, “Correlates of Initiation of Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis C Infection in United States Veterans, 2004–2009”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0132056:
      Diagnoses such as drug abuse, congestive heart failure, cirrhosis, depression/anxiety/psychosis, dementia, diabetes, malignancy or tumor, plegia, and renal disease increased the risk of not being treated.