monoplegian.
/mɒnə(ʊ)ˈpliːdʒə/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈpli(d)ʒ(i)ə/ Medicine.
Paralysis of one limb; an instance of this.
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mollification?a1425
hemiplexy1576
paraplegia1583
dead palsy?1594
hemiplegia1600
sideration1612
astrobolism1651
paresis1668
hemiplegy1755
general paralysis1820
refixation1825
Pott's disease1827
pamplegia1842
pamplegy1857
crossed palsy1858
transverse palsy1858
neuroparalysis1859
general paresis1862
athetosis1871
monoplegia1876
spastic paralysis1877
Landry's paralysis1882
Little's disease1884
cerebral palsy1889
paraparesis1890
hemiparesis1893
Pott's paraplegia1895
sleep-palsy1896
quadriplegia1897
pressure paralysis1899
Bell's palsy1904
taboparesis1910
tetraplegia1911
tick paralysis1914
quadriparesis1948
Landry–Guillain–Barré syndrome1957
1876 J. Coats tr. R. Volkmann in R. Volkmann's Clin. Lect. 121 In the majority of cases there is only one limb affected. This condition I will name, for the sake of brevity, Monoplegia; much most frequently is it the foot, and in my experience at least, generally the right.
1888 W. R. Gowers Man. Dis. Nerv. Syst. II. iv. 403 A monoplegia affecting the leg only.
1908 Practitioner Jan. 15 Attacks of aphasia, monoplegias, hemiplegias, word-blindness, and word-deafness, or hemianopsy.
1968 Brain 91 634 Ventriculography through the right hemisphere resulted in a monoplegia of the left arm.
2000 Jrnl. Neurol. Sci. 178 163 Symptoms of fluctuating monoplegia and sensory disturbance appeared monthly.
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