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diplegia

UK/daɪˈpliːdʒə/

diplegia noun: paralysis that affects symmetrically opposed parts of the body.

Noun

diplegia (countable and uncountable, plural diplegias)

  1. Paralysis that affects symmetrically opposed parts of the body.

diplegia meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

diplegia in Tamil

இருபக்க வாதம், இணை அங்கவாதம், ஈரங்கவாதம்

diplegia in Indonesian

paralysis
diplegia

Forms of diplegia

pluraldiplegias

Origin of diplegia

From di- + -plegia.

Words formed from diplegia

Questions about diplegia

What does diplegia mean?
Diplegia means paralysis that affects symmetrically opposed parts of the body.
What is diplegia in Tamil?
Diplegia in Tamil is இருபக்க வாதம், இணை அங்கவாதம், ஈரங்கவாதம். See Diplegia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is diplegia?
Diplegia is a noun.
How do you pronounce diplegia?
Diplegia is pronounced /daɪˈpliːdʒə/ (UK).
What is the plural of diplegia?
The plural of diplegia is diplegias.

Words near diplegia in the dictionary

  1. diple
  2. diplectanid
  3. diplectanids
  4. diplectanotrem
  5. diplectanotrems
  6. diplegia
  7. diplegias
  8. diplegic
  9. diplegics
  10. dipleidoscope
  11. dipleidoscopes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diplegia (page history and authors); diplegia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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