Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

double hemiplegia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables: dou-ble hemi-ple-gia
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Total or partial inability to move both sides of the body, but for the fact that one side is significantly more affected than the other.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"2017, Staff, "Types of Cerebral Palsy", MyChild Double hemiplegia/double hemiparesis indicates all four limbs are involved, but one side of the body is more affected than the other."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

double hemiplegias (plural)

Questions

What does double hemiplegia mean?: Total or partial inability to move both sides of the body, but for the fact that one side is significantly more affected than the other.

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