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    PARAPLEGIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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)

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