paraplegia

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noun

A condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move.

OriginNew Latin paraplegia ← Ancient Greek παραπληγίη →
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Meanings

nounparaplegia (countable and uncountable, plural paraplegias)

plural paraplegias

  1. countableuncountablemedicineA condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπαραπληγίη
  2. New Latinparaplegia
  3. Englishparaplegia

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”).

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Translations

Bulgarian парализа на долната част от тялото
  • парализа на долната част от тялото (paraliza na dolnata čast ot tjaloto)paralysed condition
Catalan paraplegia
  • paraplegiaparalysed condition
Chinese Mandarin 截癱 /截瘫
  • 截癱 /截瘫 (jiétān)paralysed condition
Czech paraplegie
  • paraplegieparalysed condition
Dutch dwarslaesie
  • dwarslaesieparalysed condition
Esperanto paraplegio
  • paraplegioparalysed condition
Finnish alaraajahalvaus
  • alaraajahalvausparalysed condition
French paraplégie
  • paraplégieparalysed condition
German Querschnittslähmung, Paraplegie
  • Querschnittslähmungparalysed condition
  • Paraplegieparalysed condition
Greek παραπληγία
  • παραπληγία (parapligía)paralysed condition
Icelandic þverlömun, lömun fyrir neðan mitti
  • þverlömunparalysed condition
  • lömun fyrir neðan mittiparalysed condition
Italian paraplegia
  • paraplegiaparalysed condition
Japanese 対まひ
  • 対まひ (tsuimahi)paralysed condition
Korean 하반신 불수
  • 하반신 불수 (habansin bulsu)paralysed condition
Latin paraplegia
  • paraplegiaparalysed condition
Portuguese paraplegia
  • paraplegiaparalysed condition
Russian параплеги́я
  • параплеги́я (paraplegíja)paralysed condition
Spanish paraplejia
  • paraplejiaparalysed condition
Swedish paraplegi
  • paraplegiparalysed condition
Tagalog parapleya
  • parapleyaparalysed condition
Cite this entry
APA

paraplegia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paraplegia

MLA

“paraplegia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paraplegia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paraplegia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paraplegia.

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