hemiplegia

== English == === Alternative forms === hemiplegy (dated) === Etymology === From New Latin hemiplegia, from Ancient Greek ἡμιπλήξ (hēmiplḗx), also ἡμιπληγής (hēmiplēgḗs, “stricken on one side”), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”). By surface analysis, hemi- +‎ -plegia. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhem.ɪˈpliː.dʒ(i.)ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhem.ɪˈpli.dʒə/ === Noun === hemiplegia (usually uncountable, plural hemiplegias) Total or partial inability to move one side of the body. 1904, James Joyce, letter to C. P. Curran, August 1904 I call the series Dubliners to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “hemiplegia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hemiplegia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “hemiplegia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Finnish == === Etymology === Internationalism (see English hemiplegia). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhemiˌpleɡiɑ/, [ˈhe̞miˌple̞ɡiɑ̝] Rhymes: -eɡiɑ Syllabification(key): he‧mi‧ple‧gi‧a, he‧mip‧le‧gi‧a Hyphenation(key): hemi‧plegia, he‧mip‧le‧gia === Noun === hemiplegia (pathology) hemiplegia ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== toispuolihalvaus