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DIPLEGIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diplegia mean?
• DIPLEGIA (noun)
The noun DIPLEGIA has 1 sense:
1. paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body
Familiarity information: DIPLEGIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("diplegia" is a kind of...):
Context examples
Spastic diplegia (Little disease) is the most common subtype, and is characterized by spasticity that is more prominent in the legs than in the arms.
(Cerebral Palsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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