[
US
/ˌpɛɹəˈpɫidʒiə/
]
NOUN
- paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)
How To Use paraplegia In A Sentence
- Mr. Callahan said he realized his paraplegia was not the problem; his alcoholism was. Acerbic and irreverent cartoonist John Callahan dies at 59
- Slide 28: Spinal anesthesia during surgery Early phase of traumatic paraplegia Loss of vasomotor tone-arteriolar and venular dilatation Bradycardia Iv fluids, leg end elevation and ionotropic support. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- The total includes 48,243 people with tetraplegia (impairment of the arms, trunk, legs and pelvic function) and 30,324 people with paraplegia (in which arm function is not impaired); The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
- Five subjects with paraplegia and 4 with tetraplegia participated in the clinical treatment protocol.
- Paralysis of the posterior half of the body is known as paraplegia and results from derangement of the spinal cord. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
- This increases the risk of vertebral canal haematoma, which can lead to permanent paraplegia.
- Objective : Our aim was to evaluate the outcome of anterolateral decompression for thoracolumbar spinal fracture paraplegia.
- Following trial, the jury awarded the 45-year-old plaintiff, who was impaled by a steel bar from the scrotum to L2 on his spinal cord, resulting in paraplegia and associated complications, $5 million for past pain and suffering, $10 million for future pain and suffering over 35 years, and $8,295,000 for future medical expenses. First Department
- Slide 7: Long term physiotherapy Refers to more complicated diseases of musculoskeletal origin Includes condition like Fractures of major bones S pinal trauma resulting in physical disability and complications like paraplegia, quadriplegia etc. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- I think the area that people find harder to understand is people with physical signs, paralysis or blindness, paraplegia in a wheelchair, because that's outside our normal experience.