Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Paraplegia

Paraplegia , noun

[New Latin paraplegia, from Greek {not transcribed} hemiplegia, from {not transcribed} to strike at the side; para` beside + {not transcribed} to strike: compare French paraplégie.]

(Medicine) Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused usually by disease of the spinal cord.

Also: Paraplegy