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-plegia
- a combining form meaning “paralysis, cessation of motion,” in the limbs or region of the body specified by the initial element:
cardioplegia; hemiplegia; quadriplegia.
-plegia
combining form
- indicating a specified type of paralysis
paraplegia
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Derived Forms
- -plegic, combining_form:in_adjectivecombining_form:in_noun:countable
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of -plegia1
from Greek, from plēgē stroke, from plēssein to strike
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