hemiplegia
- noun
- /ˌhɛmɪˈpliːdʒə/
- Specialized
:
hemiplejía
- The rehabilitation program aims to help patients regain mobility after they are diagnosed with hemiplegia following a brain injury.
- hemiplegia due to stroke
- right hemiplegia
Examples
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A 70-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with right hemiplegia and aphasia due to a left hemispheric stroke.
Academic text (2007) -
Although M.G. suffered from right-sided upper extremity hemiplegia, his cognition was intact.
Academic text (2005) -
Consider the situation of an elderly Chinese woman who experienced hemiplegia following a cerebrovascular accident.
Academic text (2001) -
Less common complications include hemiplegia, retinal thrombosis, and even death.
Academic text (2006) -
A more symmetrical weight-bearing in hemiplegia is known to be related to greater ambulatory independence (22, 23).
Academic text (1995) -
Seventeen of these 18 suffered from hemiplegia of a vascular origin, while one was paraparetic due to a traumatic injury at the C7 level.
Academic text (1991) -
Regardless, embolization has been associated with serious neurologic complications, including hemiplegia, ophthalmoplegia, and facial paralysis.
Academic text (2005) -
Inclusion criteria were: (1) diagnosis of stroke based on DSM-IV (1994), (2) hemiplegia due to stroke, (3) age over 18 years, (4) sufficient reading or listening comprehension ability to complete the self-reported health-related quality of life measures, and (5) sufficient cognitive ability to follow simple instructions.
Academic text (2015) -
After her stroke, she had to adjust to living with hemiplegia, which made it difficult for her to use her left arm.
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He was diagnosed with hemiplegia, affecting the right side of his body, which made everyday tasks challenging.
Synonyms
81
5.4
Loss of movement and feeling in all or part of the body
30
8.4
A condition that makes part of the body weak or unable to move
A loss of movement on one side of the body
Antonyms
How Paralysed
Surface Forms
Morphology
hemiplegia = plegia (semi-transparent) = hemi + plegia
The prefix 'hemi-' clearly indicates 'half', but 'plegia' is a specialized term not widely recognized outside medical contexts.
Etymology
Hemiplegia comes from parts meaning 'half' (hemi-) and 'paralysis' (-plegia). You can see hemi- in hemisphere ('half the globe') and -plegia in paraplegia ('paralysis of the legs'). So, hemiplegia means that one half of the body 'cannot move'.