PARAPLEGIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paraplegia mean? 

• PARAPLEGIA (noun)
  The noun PARAPLEGIA has 1 sense:

1. paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)

  Familiarity information: PARAPLEGIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARAPLEGIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("paraplegia" is a kind of...):

palsy; paralysis (loss of the ability to move a body part)

Derivation:

paraplegic (suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord)

 Context examples 

Mutations in the gene are associated with autosomal dominant spastic paraplegia 6.

(NIPA1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Paralysis of the lower half of your body, including both legs, is called paraplegia.

(Paralysis, NIH)

Mutation of the gene is associated with spastic paraplegia 13 and leukodystrophy hypomyelinating type 4.

(HSPD1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in this gene are associated with autosomal dominant spastic paraplegia 8.

(KIAA0196 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The clinical course follows a progression to growth retardation, spastic paraplegia and optic atrophy with eventual vision loss.

(Laurence-Moon Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with hydrocephalus due to stenosis of the aqueduct of Sylvius (HSAS), mental retardation, aphasia, shuffling gait, and adducted thumbs syndrome (MASA or CRASH syndrome), spastic paraplegia 1, X-linked and agenesis of the corpus callosum, X-linked, partial and may contribute to intestinal aganglionosis in Hirschsprung disease.

(L1CAM wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)