How do you pronounce hemiplegia?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhem.ɪˈpli.dʒə/.

hemiplegia

/ˌhem.ɪˈpli.dʒə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.90 in modern English

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"I call the series Dubliners to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city."
"As you doubtlessly also can read from the paper you pilfered from my bag, hemiplegia, a medical term known to the layman as paralysis resulting from a blood clot in the brain."

From 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.

hemiplegias (plural) hemiplegy (alternative, dated)

alternating hemiplegia Brown-Séquard's hemiplegia cerebral hemiplegia double hemiplegia facial hemiplegia spastic hemiplegia

paraplegia fregia