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PARAPLEGIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("paraplegia" is a kind of...):
palsy; paralysis (loss of the ability to move a body part)
Derivation:
paraplegic (suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord)
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