hemiplegia

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English

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Etymology

From New Latin hemiplegia, from Ancient Greek ἡμιπλήξ (hēmiplḗx), also ἡμιπληγής (hēmiplēgḗs, stricken on one side), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, half) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, to strike). By surface analysis, hemi- +‎ -plegia.

Noun

hemiplegia (usually uncountable, plural hemiplegias)

  1. Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
    • 1904, James Joyce, letter to C. P. Curran, August 1904
      I call the series Dubliners to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city.

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English hemiplegia).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhemiˌpleɡiɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -eɡiɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): hemi‧plegia, he‧mip‧le‧gia

Noun

hemiplegia

  1. (pathology) hemiplegia

Declension

Inflection of hemiplegia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative hemiplegia hemiplegiat
genitive hemiplegian hemiplegioiden
hemiplegioitten
partitive hemiplegiaa hemiplegioita
illative hemiplegiaan hemiplegioihin
singular plural
nominative hemiplegia hemiplegiat
accusative nom. hemiplegia hemiplegiat
gen. hemiplegian
genitive hemiplegian hemiplegioiden
hemiplegioitten
hemiplegiain rare
partitive hemiplegiaa hemiplegioita
inessive hemiplegiassa hemiplegioissa
elative hemiplegiasta hemiplegioista
illative hemiplegiaan hemiplegioihin
adessive hemiplegialla hemiplegioilla
ablative hemiplegialta hemiplegioilta
allative hemiplegialle hemiplegioille
essive hemiplegiana hemiplegioina
translative hemiplegiaksi hemiplegioiksi
abessive hemiplegiatta hemiplegioitta
instructive hemiplegioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of hemiplegia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

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