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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL.

paraplegia

, fr. Gr. [GREEK] hemiplegia, fr. [GREEK] to strike at the side;

παρά

beside + [GREEK] to strike: cf. F.

paraplégie

(Med.)

Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused usually by disease of the spinal cord.

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Parˊa-pleg′ic

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Adj.

Noun.

[Gr. beyond, and stroke; to smite.]

That kind of palsy which affects the lower part of the body.

paraplegy ‎(countable and uncountable, plural paraplegies)