Hemiplegia

Origin

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἡμιπλήξ, also ἡμιπληγής (hēmiplēgēs, "stricken on one side"), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, "half") + πλήσσειν (plēssein, "to strike").

Full definition of hemiplegia

Noun

1. Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.I call the series Dubliners to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city. - James Joyce, August 1904

Derived terms

• cerebral hemiplegia
• facial hemiplegia
• spastic hemiplegia