plegia

See also: -plegia

English

Etymology

From -plegia.

Noun

plegia (countable and uncountable, plural plegias)

  1. (pathology, rare) paralysis
    • 2015 July 14, “Correlates of Initiation of Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis C Infection in United States Veterans, 2004–2009”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      Diagnoses such as drug abuse, congestive heart failure, cirrhosis, depression/anxiety/psychosis, dementia, diabetes, malignancy or tumor, plegia, and renal disease increased the risk of not being treated.

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