PARAPLEGIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("paraplegia" is a kind of...):

palsy; paralysis (loss of the ability to move a body part)

Derivation:

paraplegic (suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord)

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