Usually means: Loss of leg function, paralysis.
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  1. paraplegia: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. paraplegia: Merriam-Webster
  3. paraplegia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. paraplegia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. paraplegia: Collins English Dictionary
  6. paraplegia: Vocabulary.com
  7. Paraplegia, paraplegia: Wordnik
  8. paraplegia: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. paraplegia: Wiktionary
  10. paraplegia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. paraplegia: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. paraplegia: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. paraplegia: Dictionary.com
  14. paraplegia: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Paraplegia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Paraplegia: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. paraplegia: Rhymezone
  18. Paraplegia: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. paraplegia: FreeDictionary.org
  20. paraplegia: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. paraplegia: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paraplegia: Encyclopedia

Medicine (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. paraplegia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Paraplegia: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Paraplegia: Merck Manuals
  6. Paraplegia: MedFriendly Glossary
  7. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  9. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  10. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  11. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  12. paraplegia: Medical dictionary
  13. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  14. Paraplegia: Brain Injury
  15. Paraplegia: Drug Medical Dictionary
  16. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paraplegia: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paraplegia: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (pathology) A condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move.

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