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hemiplegic

hemiplegic adjective: of, pertaining to, or afflicted with hemiplegia.

Adjective

hemiplegic (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with hemiplegia
    • Thus, hemiplegic patients are hemiplegic in deglutitory movements also and are ready to misswallow.1981, Muscular Dystrophy Abstracts - Volume 25, page 46

Noun

hemiplegic (plural hemiplegics)

  1. One who has hemiplegia.

Forms of hemiplegic

pluralhemiplegics

Origin of hemiplegic

From hemi- + -plegic.

Words formed from hemiplegic

Questions about hemiplegic

What does hemiplegic mean?
Hemiplegic means of, pertaining to, or afflicted with hemiplegia.
What part of speech is hemiplegic?
Hemiplegic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hemiplegic in the dictionary

  1. hemiphractids
  2. hemiplasic
  3. hemiplasy
  4. hemiplegia
  5. hemiplegias
  6. hemiplegic
  7. hemiplegics
  8. hemiplegy
  9. hemipneustic
  10. hemipode
  11. hemipodes

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