Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Paraplegia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Paraplegia \Par`a*ple"gi*a\, Paraplegy \Par"a*ple`gy\, n. [NL.
paraplegia, fr. Gr. ? hemiplegia, fr. ? to strike at the
side; ? beside + ? to strike: cf. F. parapl['e]gie.] (Med.)
Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused
usually by disease of the spinal cord. -- {Par`a*pleg"ic}, a.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
paraplegia
n : paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a
result of trauma)
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