-plegia
/pliːdʒə/suffix Medicine
Forming nouns denoting a kind of paralysis, as hemiplegia, paraplegia.
Derivatives
-plegic
Forming corresponding adjectives.
Origin
From Greek plēgē 'blow, stroke' (from plēssein 'to strike') + -ia1.
- cerebral edema
- cerebral hemisphere
- cerebrally
- cerebral palsy
- cerebrate
- cerebration
- cerebro-
- cerebroside
- cerebrospinal
- cerebrospinal fluid
- cerebrovascular
- cerebrum
- cerecloth
- Ceredigion
- cerement
- cerements
- ceremonial
- love match
- love-mate
- love matter
- love me, love my dog
- love nest
- love note
- love object
- love offering