paraplegia
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English
Etymology
From New Latin paraplegia, from Ancient Greek παραπληγίη (paraplēgíē), Ionic Greek for παραπληξία (paraplēxía, “paralysis on one side”), from παραπλήσσεσθαι (paraplḗssesthai, “to be stricken on one side”), active παραπλήσσειν (paraplḗssein, “to strike on one side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”).
Noun
paraplegia (countable and uncountable, plural paraplegias)
Related terms
Translations
paralysed condition
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Further reading
- “paraplegia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “paraplegia”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “paraplegia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Esperanto
Etymology
From paraplegio (“paraplegia”) + -a.
Pronunciation
Adjective
paraplegia (accusative singular paraplegian, plural paraplegiaj, accusative plural paraplegiajn)
- of or related to paraplegia, paraplegic
- having paraplegia, paraplegic (of a, person)
Related terms
- paraplegiulo (“someone with paraplegia, a paraplegic”)
Interlingua
Noun
paraplegia (uncountable)
Italian
Noun
paraplegia f (plural paraplegie)
Derived terms
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧ple‧gi‧a
Noun
paraplegia f (plural paraplegias)
- (pathology) paraplegia (condition of being paralysed from the waist down)