English Explanatory Dictionary

-plegia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. paralysis

Word forms

-plegia

Etymology

From paraplegia, from Ancient Greek παραπληγία (paraplēgía), ultimately from πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”). By surface analysis, para- + -plegia.

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