noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌhem.ɪˈpliː.dʒ(i.)ə/
General-American:/ˌhem.ɪˈpli.dʒə/
CMU ARPABET:HH EH2 M AH0 P L IY1 JH IY0 AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:HH EH2 M AH0 P L IY1 JH Y AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
paralysis of one side of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unilateral paralysis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: paralysis, palsy
History
Etymology
From New Latin hemiplegia, from Ancient Greek ἡμιπλήξ (hēmiplḗx), also ἡμιπληγής (hēmiplēgḗs, “stricken on one side”), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”). By surface analysis, hemi- + -plegia.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
hemiplegia
— total or partial inability to move one side of the body
Czech:
hemiplegie
— total or partial inability to move one side of the body
Dutch:
hemiplegie
— total or partial inability to move one side of the body
Finnish:
toispuolihalvaus
— total or partial inability to move one side of the body
German:
halbseitige Lähmung
— total or partial inability to move one side of the body
Greek:
ημιπληγία
(imipligía)
— total or partial inability to move one side of the body
Hindi:
अर्धांघात
(ardhāṅghāt)
— total or partial inability to move one side of the body
Hindi:
अर्धांग
(ardhāṅg)
— total or partial inability to move one side of the body
Icelandic:
helftarlömun
— total or partial inability to move one side of the body
Icelandic:
lömun öðrum megin í líkamanum
— total or partial inability to move one side of the body
Indonesian:
hemiplegia
— total or partial inability to move one side of the body
Italian:
emiplegia
— total or partial inability to move one side of the body
Portuguese:
hemiplegia
— total or partial inability to move one side of the body
Spanish:
hemiplejia
— total or partial inability to move one side of the body
Swedish:
halvsidesförlamning
— total or partial inability to move one side of the body
