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-plegia

 
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a combining form meaning “paralysis, cessation of motion,” in the limbs or region of the body specified by the initial element: cardioplegia; hemiplegia; quadriplegia.
Origin:
< Gk -plēgia, comb. form repr. plēg blow, stroke; see -ia
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-plegia  
suff.  Paralysis: monoplegia.

[Greek -plēgiā, from plēgē, a blow, from plēssein, plēg-, to strike; see plāk-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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-plegia suff.
Paralysis: monoplegia.

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