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| given to using long words. |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
| hemiplegia (ˌhɛmɪˈpliːdʒɪə) | |
| —n | |
| paraplegia Compare quadriplegia paralysis of one side of the body, usually as the result of injury to the brain | |
| hemi'plegic | |
| —adj | |
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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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