diplegia

Meaning of diplegia

noun

paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body, typically affecting the legs more severely than the arms.

late 19th century: from di-1 ‘two’, on the pattern of hemiplegia and paraplegia .

Information about diplegia

Hyphenation of diplegia

diple-gia

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • diplegia is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with diplegia

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