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单词 paraplegia
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Definition of paraplegia in English:

paraplegia

noun ˌparəˈpliːdʒəˌpɛrəˈplidʒ(i)ə
mass noun
  • Paralysis of the legs and lower body, typically caused by spinal injury or disease.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Two male respondents, 1 with paraplegia and 1 with quadriplegia, verbalized self-responsibility for the PU as well.
    • Injuries to the spinal cord leading to quadriplegia or paraplegia take into account a variety of factors with maximum compensation levels set at €300,000.
    • For example, a person with paraplegia who is wheelchair-bound may be working successfully on a full-time basis as an accountant and therefore not meet the Social Security Administration's definition of disabled.
    • His partial paraplegia improved over the course of a year, after which he presented for treatment of erectile dysfunction.
    • Early onset paraplegia develops during the active phase of infection.
    • Injuries to the lower spinal cord could cause paraplegia while injuries to the upper level could cause quadriplegia - completely immobilising a patient.
    • Paralysis can involve all four extremities, a condition called quadriplegia or tetraplegia, or only the lower body, resulting in paraplegia.
    • A glimpse in the past brought out the history of paraplegia in the world in general and India in particular.
    • A spinal injury leading to paraplegia or quadriplegia could lead to an insurance company paying out between €5 million and €7 million.
    • His professional interests were in metastatic paraplegia and paediatric orthopaedics.
    • This increases the risk of vertebral canal haematoma, which can lead to permanent paraplegia.
    • The cysts of the bone may result in pathologic fractures, and cysts in the lower vertebrae may lead to spinal cord compression and paraplegia.
    • At that time, he showed left-sided weakness, which progressed to paraplegia 6 months later when he was admitted to a rehabilitation hospital.
    • I think the area that people find harder to understand is people with physical signs, paralysis or blindness, paraplegia in a wheelchair, because that's outside our normal experience.
    • One respondent, a man with paraplegia who had multiple Stage IV ulcers and flap repairs in the past, verbalized his feelings about stereotypical terms used in relationship to people in wheelchairs.
    • After the operations the plaintiffs developed spastic paraplegia which resulted in permanent paralysis from the waist downwards.
    • Five subjects with paraplegia and 4 with tetraplegia participated in the clinical treatment protocol.
    • Traditionally, many patients are left until they develop neurological signs of paraplegia, by which time many will never walk again.
    • Deep vein thrombosis, anemia, quadriplegia, and paraplegia were similar between the 2 groups.
    • We are talking here about brain damage, quadriplegia and paraplegia, mental illness and loss of limbs, eyesight, hearing and sexual function.
    Synonyms
    immobility, powerlessness, lack of sensation, numbness, deadness, incapacity, debilitation

Origin

Mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek paraplēgia, from paraplēssein 'strike at the side', from para 'beside' + plēssein 'to strike'.

Rhymes

besieger, procedure
 
 

Definition of paraplegia in US English:

paraplegia

nounˌperəˈplēj(ē)əˌpɛrəˈplidʒ(i)ə
  • Paralysis of the legs and lower body, typically caused by spinal injury or disease.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His professional interests were in metastatic paraplegia and paediatric orthopaedics.
    • Injuries to the spinal cord leading to quadriplegia or paraplegia take into account a variety of factors with maximum compensation levels set at €300,000.
    • A glimpse in the past brought out the history of paraplegia in the world in general and India in particular.
    • Two male respondents, 1 with paraplegia and 1 with quadriplegia, verbalized self-responsibility for the PU as well.
    • One respondent, a man with paraplegia who had multiple Stage IV ulcers and flap repairs in the past, verbalized his feelings about stereotypical terms used in relationship to people in wheelchairs.
    • At that time, he showed left-sided weakness, which progressed to paraplegia 6 months later when he was admitted to a rehabilitation hospital.
    • Early onset paraplegia develops during the active phase of infection.
    • For example, a person with paraplegia who is wheelchair-bound may be working successfully on a full-time basis as an accountant and therefore not meet the Social Security Administration's definition of disabled.
    • After the operations the plaintiffs developed spastic paraplegia which resulted in permanent paralysis from the waist downwards.
    • Injuries to the lower spinal cord could cause paraplegia while injuries to the upper level could cause quadriplegia - completely immobilising a patient.
    • Paralysis can involve all four extremities, a condition called quadriplegia or tetraplegia, or only the lower body, resulting in paraplegia.
    • A spinal injury leading to paraplegia or quadriplegia could lead to an insurance company paying out between €5 million and €7 million.
    • We are talking here about brain damage, quadriplegia and paraplegia, mental illness and loss of limbs, eyesight, hearing and sexual function.
    • His partial paraplegia improved over the course of a year, after which he presented for treatment of erectile dysfunction.
    • The cysts of the bone may result in pathologic fractures, and cysts in the lower vertebrae may lead to spinal cord compression and paraplegia.
    • I think the area that people find harder to understand is people with physical signs, paralysis or blindness, paraplegia in a wheelchair, because that's outside our normal experience.
    • Traditionally, many patients are left until they develop neurological signs of paraplegia, by which time many will never walk again.
    • This increases the risk of vertebral canal haematoma, which can lead to permanent paraplegia.
    • Deep vein thrombosis, anemia, quadriplegia, and paraplegia were similar between the 2 groups.
    • Five subjects with paraplegia and 4 with tetraplegia participated in the clinical treatment protocol.
    Synonyms
    immobility, powerlessness, lack of sensation, numbness, deadness, incapacity, debilitation

Origin

Mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek paraplēgia, from paraplēssein ‘strike at the side’, from para ‘beside’ + plēssein ‘to strike’.

 
 
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