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paraplegia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paraplegia  \Par`a*ple"gi*a\,  Paraplegy  \Par"a*ple`gy\,  n.  [NL. 
  paraplegia,  fr  Gr  ?  hemiplegia,  fr  ?  to  strike  at  the 
  side  ?  beside  +  ?  to  strike:  cf  F.  parapl['e]gie.]  (Med.) 
  Palsy  of  the  lower  half  of  the  body  on  both  sides,  caused 
  usually  by  disease  of  the  spinal  cord.  --  {Par`a*pleg"ic},  a. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  paraplegia 
  n  :  paralysis  of  the  lower  half  of  the  body 




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