p 3 a 1 r 1 a 1 p 3 l 1 e 1 g 2 i 1 a 1
10 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)
originFrom New Latin paraplegia, from Ancient Greek παραπληγίη (paraplēgíē), Ionic Greek for παραπληξία (paraplēxía, “paralysis on one side”), from παραπλήσσεσθαι (paraplḗssesthai, “to be stricken on one side”), active παραπλήσσειν (paraplḗssein, “to strike on one side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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