-plegia
See also: plegia
English
Etymology
From paraplegia, from Ancient Greek παραπληγία (paraplēgía), ultimately from πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”). By surface analysis, para- + -plegia.
Suffix
-plegia
Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -plegia
Translations
paralysis
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References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hemiplegia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.