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hem⋅i⋅ple⋅gi⋅a

  [hem-i-plee-jee-uh, -juh]
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–noun Pathology.
paralysis of one side of the body.
Origin:
1590–1600; < NL < MGk hēmiplēgía. See hemi-, -plegia

Related forms:
hem⋅i⋅ple⋅gic  [hem-i-plee-jik, -plej-ik] , adjective, noun
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hem·i·ple·gia   (hěm'ĭ-plē'jə, -jē-ə)   
n.  Paralysis affecting only one side of the body.

[Late Greek hēmiplēgia : Greek hēmi-, hemi- + Greek -plēgiā, -plegia.]
hem'i·ple'gic (-plē'jĭk) adj. & n.
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Hemiplegia

Hem`i*ple"gi*a\, n.[NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? half + ? a stroke; cf. F. h['e]miplagie.] (Med.) A palsy that affects one side only of the body. -- Hem`i"pleg"ic, a.
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Main Entry: hemi·ple·gia
Pronunciation: "hem-i-'plE-j(E-)&
Function: noun
: total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that resultsfrom disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain
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hemiplegia hem·i·ple·gia (hěm'ĭ-plē'jə, -jē-ə)
n.
Paralysis affecting only one side of the body.

hem'i·ple'gic (-plē'jĭk) adj.

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hemiplegia   (hěm'ĭ-plē'jə)  Pronunciation Key 
Paralysis of one side of the body, usually resulting from a stroke or other brain injury.
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hemiplegia

paralysis of the muscles of the lower face, arm, and leg on one side of the body. The most common cause of hemiplegia is damage to the corticospinal tracts in one hemisphere of the brain due to obstruction or rupture of a cerebral artery or to brain tumour. The corticospinal tracts extend from the lower spinal cord to the cerebral cortex. They decussate, or cross, in the brainstem; therefore, damage to the right cerebral hemisphere results in paralysis of the left side of the body. Damage to the left hemisphere of a right-handed person may also result in aphasia.

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