Unscramble

h 4 e 1 m 3 i 1 p 3 l 1 e 1 g 2 i 1 a 1

10 letters · 18 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun paralysis of one side of the body

originFrom New Latin hemiplegia, from Ancient Greek ἡμιπλήξ (hēmiplḗx), also ἡμιπληγής (hēmiplēgḗs, “stricken on one side”), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”). By surface analysis, hemi- + -plegia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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