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: Pâ Pæ Pè Pé Pœ P- P. P/ P< Pa Pb Pc Pd Pe Pf Ph Pi Pj Pk Pl Pm Pn Po Pp Pr Ps Pt Pu Pv Pw Px Py
paraphrastic |
paraphrastical |
paraphrenia |
paraphrenic schizophrenia |
paraphysis |
paraplegia
| paraplegic
| paraplegy
| parapleura
| parapodium
| parapophysis
paraplegia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun paraplegia has 1 sense
- paraplegia(n = noun.state) Array - paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma); Array is a kind of palsy, paralysis
Derived form adjective paraplegic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
paraplegia, n. [NL. paraplegia, fr. Gr. hemiplegia, fr. to strike at the side; para` beside + to strike: cf. F. paraplégie.].
Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused usually by disease of the spinal cord. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
paraplegia, n. paralysis of the legs and part or the whole of the trunk.
Derivative
paraplegic adj. & n.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk paraplegia f. paraplesso (as PARA-(1), plesso strike)
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