Term:paraplegia
Origin: Anc Greek
παρά/para (=becide)
>πλήσσω/plesso(=strike)
literally means “be stricken on one side”
Coined:
The name paraplegia is to be found several times in brief in the Greek texts of Hippocrates and Galen although not always corresponding to the clinical picture as understood today . On the other hand Galen must be credited with a competent description of this disease but he did mention the name paraplegia.
Definition:
Paraplegia is the paralysis of the lower half of the body (below T1 region)
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