Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hemiplegia"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hemiplegia \Hem`i*ple"gi*a\, n.[NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? half + ? a
stroke; cf. F. h['e]miplagie.] (Med.)
A palsy that affects one side only of the body. --
{Hem`i"pleg"ic}, a.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

hemiplegia
n : paralysis of one side of the body [syn: {unilateral
paralysis}]


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