monoplegicadj.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈpliːdʒɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈplidʒɪk/ Medicine.
Of the nature of or affected by monoplegia.
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paraplectic1661
hemiplegiac1802
hemiplegic1822
paraplegic1822
hemiplegian1842
athetoid1875
apraxic1892
monoplegic1896
quadriplegic1897
athetotic1898
spastic1903
tetraplegic1911
quadriparetic1956
cerebral-palsied1961
Tasered1976
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 666 Paralyses of the limbs in epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis..may be of very various type (hemiplegic, paraplegic, monoplegic).
1939 W. Haymaker tr. R. Bing Textbk. Nerv. Dis. xix. 523 The contractures give way to flaccid paralyses. The latter may be monoplegic, hemiplegic, paraplegic, even tetraplegic.
1969 Nursing Times 10 Apr. 455 (title) Monoplegic cerebral palsy with behaviour disorder.
1999 Artific. Organs 23 460 The effect of alternating current and direct current stimulation was studied on experimental pressure ulcer healing in a new monoplegic pig model.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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