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🦵 Weak on one side 🦵 A person with weakness
hemiparetic

hemiparetic

9.9
A person who has weakness or partial loss of movement on one side of the body
  • noun
  • /ˌhɛmɪpəˈrɛtɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hemiparético
  • As a hemiparetic patient, she requires assistance with daily tasks due to weakness on her right side.

Examples

  • Hemiparetic patients had different durations of swing and stance phases between AS and NS (p < 0.001).

    Academic text (1995)

  • Figure 1. Hemiparetic subject practicing on the advanced gait trainer.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Hemiparetic Subject

    Academic text (2000)

  • The rehabilitation center has several activities designed for hemiparetic individuals to improve their mobility.

  • Therapists use specialized equipment to help hemiparetic patients regain strength and coordination.

Synonyms

paralytic
vshemiparetic
3 8.8

A person who cannot move part or all of their body

has partial weakness on only one side of the body rather than total loss

How Paralysed

hemiplegic
  • Specialized
1 9.9
hemiparetic
  • Specialized
9.9

Surface Forms

hemiparetic singular
hemiparetics plural

Morphology

hemiparetic = hemiparesis (semi-transparent) = hemi + paresis + ic

The word is built from the medical base 'hemiparesis' with adjectival '-ic', but the specialized clinical sense is not fully predictable for an average learner.

Etymology

Hemiparetic as a noun comes from hemi- meaning 'half' and paresis meaning 'weakness', so a hemiparetic is a person who has weakness on one side of the body.