paraplegia
paraplegia noun: a condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move.
Noun
paraplegia (countable and uncountable, plural paraplegias)
paraplegia meaning in Tamil and Tagalog
paraplegia in Tamil
- உடலின் கீழ்ப்பகுதிப் பக்கவாதம், கீழ் உடற்பக்கவாதம், பின்கால் வாதம், இணையுறுப்பகள் வாதம், ஈரங்க வாதம், உடல் கீழ்பாதி வாதம்
paraplegia in Tagalog
- paralysed condition
- parapleya
Forms of paraplegia
| plural | paraplegias |
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Origin of paraplegia
From New Latin paraplegia, from Ancient Greek παραπληγίη (paraplēgíē), Ionic Greek for παραπληξία (paraplēxía, “paralysis on one side”), from παραπλήσσεσθαι (paraplḗssesthai, “to be stricken on one side”), active παραπλήσσειν (paraplḗssein, “to strike on one side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”).
Words formed from paraplegia
Questions about paraplegia
- What does paraplegia mean?
- Paraplegia means a condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move.
- What is paraplegia in Tamil?
- Paraplegia in Tamil is உடலின் கீழ்ப்பகுதிப் பக்கவாதம், கீழ் உடற்பக்கவாதம், பின்கால் வாதம். See Paraplegia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is paraplegia?
- Paraplegia is a noun.
- What is the plural of paraplegia?
- The plural of paraplegia is paraplegias.
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