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单词 paraplegia
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paraplegian.

Brit. /ˌparəˈpliːdʒə/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈplidʒ(i)ə/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin paraplegia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin paraplegia (a1250 in a British source as parapligia ) < ancient Greek (Ionic) παραπληγίη (Attic παραπληξία ) hemiplegia < παραπληγ- , παραπλήξ paralysed ( < παραπλήσσειν to strike with palsy < παρα- para- prefix1 + πλήσσειν to strike: see plessimeter n.) + -ία -ia suffix1. Compare Middle French, French paraplégie (1575 or earlier).
Medicine.
In early use: paralysis of part or all of the body. In later use: spec. paralysis of both legs (or hind legs) and often part or all of the trunk, usually resulting from injury or disease of the spinal cord.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis > types of
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
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xxii. 26 The word Paralysis is a more generall name then Paraplegia.
1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 221 Paraphlegia is a Palsy which seizeth all the parts of the Body below the Head.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 432/2 The Paraplegia, is when only a part of the Body hath the Palsie.
1703 tr. M. Ettmüller Etmullerus Abridg'd (ed. 2) 509 When an Apoplexy seizes a particular part, 'tis call'd Paraplegia.
1715 J. Delacoste tr. H. Boerhaave Aphorisms 270 A Palsie of some muscular Part, of one entire Side of the Body, whence it is call'd an Hemiplegia, or of all the Parts below the Neck, which is call'd a Paraplegia.
1772 N. D. Falck Treat. Venereal Dis. 266 This part [sc. the spinal marrow] is also liable to the virulent attack, which is also sufficiently evident, from the hemiplegia, paraplegia or universal palsies, venereal patients sometimes fall into.
1799 R. Hooper Compendious Med. Dict. (new ed.) Paraplegia, palsy of one half of the body taken transversely.
1822 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 112 281 I have ascertained, by dissection, that the most distressing train of nervous symptoms, and even complete paraplegia, may be produced by adhesions taking place between the membranes, and by effusion into the canal or theca.
1869 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life III. 102 He had an attack of paraplegia.
1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 446/2 It [sc. paralysis] usually locates itself in the hindlimbs [of the horse] (paraplegia), and though it does not prevent locomotion, it destroys utility.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 894 Hemiplegia..when added to the paraplegia of spinal origin, makes up a clinical picture of a triplegia.
1955 Sci. News Let. 10 Sept. 168/3 One of the most severe types of disability, paraplegia, or partial paralysis from spinal cord injury,..generally resulted in death up until 15 years ago.
1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 5 Aug. 284/2 The patient dying of a ruptured appendix may have had deficient pain sensation due to his paraplegia.
1994 Guideposts Aug. 2/2 A doctor told my brother my prognosis was ‘six months to paraplegia, six months to quadriplegia, six months to death.’
1999 Abilities Winter 48/2 People with paraplegia can use outriggers, tiny crutches with skis on them, to initiate turns, keep balance and load themselves into the chairlift.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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