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DIPLEGIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diplegia mean? 

DIPLEGIA (noun)
  The noun DIPLEGIA has 1 sense:

1. paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the bodyplay

  Familiarity information: DIPLEGIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DIPLEGIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("diplegia" is a kind of...):

palsy; paralysis (loss of the ability to move a body part)


 Context examples 


Spastic diplegia (Little disease) is the most common subtype, and is characterized by spasticity that is more prominent in the legs than in the arms.

(Cerebral Palsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)



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