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panplegia

panplegia noun: paralysis of all four extremities.

Noun

panplegia (uncountable)

  1. paralysis of all four extremities
    • Necrotic tissue and/or epidural abscess compressing the spinal cord, if not treated, can be complicated by paraplegia or even panplegia.2015 July 2, Hao Zeng et al., “Comparison of three surgical approaches for cervicothoracic spinal tuberculosis: a retrospective case–control study”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research...

Origin of panplegia

From pan- + -plegia.

Questions about panplegia

What does panplegia mean?
Panplegia means paralysis of all four extremities.
What part of speech is panplegia?
Panplegia is a noun.

Words near panplegia in the dictionary

  1. panpiper
  2. panpipers
  3. panpipes
  4. panpiping
  5. panplacodal
  6. panplegia
  7. panpolism
  8. panpot
  9. panpots
  10. Panpresbyterian
  11. panproctocolectomies

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