-plegia
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Paralysis:
麻痹：
monoplegia.
单瘫
语源
- Greek -plēgia
希腊语 -plēgia - from plēgē [a blow]
源自 plēgē [一击] - from plēssein plēg- [to strike] * see plāk- 2
源自 plēssein plēg- [撞击] *参见 plāk- 2
-plegia
combining form in countable noun
indicating a specified type of paralysis
⇒
paraplegia
Derived Forms
-plegic combining form in adjective, combining form in countable nounOrigin
from Greek, from plēgē stroke, from plēssein to strike-plegia
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “paralysis, cessation of motion,” in the limbs or region of the body specified by the initial element:
cardioplegia; hemiplegia; quadriplegia.
Origin
< Greek -plēgia, combining form representing plēgḗ blow, stroke; see -ia
Related Words
- cardioplegia
- cycloplegia
- hemiplegia
- laloplegia
- monoplegia
- paraplegia
-plegiaa word element forming a noun termination in pathological terms denoting forms of paralysis, as in paraplegia.
[Greek, combining form from plēgē blow, stroke]-plegia
noun combining form
diplegia
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY New Latin, from Greek -plēgia, from plēssein to strike — more at plaint
: paralysisdiplegia
-plegia
suffix
- Medicine forming nouns denoting a kind of paralysis, as hemiplegia, paraplegia.【医】［构成名词］表示“瘫痪”, 如hemiplegia, paraplegia.
派生词
-plegic suffix
forming corresponding adjectives
［构成相应的形容词］。
词源
from Greek plege 'blow， stroke' （from plessein 'to strike'）+-IA 1.
ORIGIN: from Greek plēgē blow, stroke (from plēssein to strike) + -ia 1
-plegia
noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek plēgē blow, stroke (from the stem of plēssein to strike) + New Latin -ia
: paralysis of a specified nature
< paraplegia >
< paraplegia >
-plegia
Suffix
- Various forms of paralysis
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -plegia