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monoplegia

[ mon-uh-plee-jee-uh, -plee-juh ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. paralysis of one extremity, muscle, or muscle area.


monoplegia

/ ˌmɒnəʊˈpliːdʒɪə; ˌmɒnəʊˈpliːdʒɪk /

noun

  1. pathol paralysis limited to one limb or a single group of muscles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • monoplegic, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dz··· [mon-, uh, -, plee, -jik, -, plej, -ik], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of monoplegia1

First recorded in 1885–90; mono- + -plegia
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Example Sentences

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Such conditions as transient hemiplegia, monoplegia or aphasia may occur.

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The paralysis may affect one side of the body—hemiplegia, or both sides—diplegia; less commonly one extremity alone is involved—monoplegia.

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Paralysis of a single member or a single group of muscles is known as monoplegia and results from injury to the motor center or to a nerve trunk leading to the part that is involved.

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In rare cases the whole motor area is destroyed—cortical hemiplegia; more generally the lesion affects one or more groups of muscles, and occasionally all the muscles of one limb are paralysed—cortical monoplegia.

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