hemiplegicadj.
/hɛmɪˈpliːdʒɪk//hɛmɪˈplɛdʒɪk/ Pathology.
Pertaining to or characterized by hemiplegia; affected with or subject to hemiplegia. Also n., one who is affected by hemiplegia (see also quot. 1970).
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paraplectic1661
hemiplegiac1802
hemiplegic1822
paraplegic1822
hemiplegian1842
athetoid1875
apraxic1892
monoplegic1896
quadriplegic1897
athetotic1898
spastic1903
tetraplegic1911
quadriparetic1956
cerebral-palsied1961
Tasered1976
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis > types of > person
general paralytica1398
hemiplegiac1802
paretic1881
hemiplegic1890
paraplegic1890
tetraplegic1911
quadriplegic1948
para1961
quad1974
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 625 Hemiplegic Palsy.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 627 The jaundice affecting the hemiplegic side alone.
1861 T. J. Graham Pract. Med. 602 The convulsion is hemiplegic.
1878 Smithsonian Inst. Rep. 419 (note) A hemiplegic person has the will to move the paralysed limbs, but not the power.
1890 Retrospect Med. 102 155 Convalescent hemiplegics.
1970 New Scientist 3 Sept. 473/1 It would enable amputees and hemi-plegics—persons paralyzed below the waist—to walk about under their own power.
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