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Hemiplegic

noun
1.
A person who has hemiplegia (is paralyzed on one side of the body).





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... of IMITATION is strong in man, and especially, as I have myself observed, with savages. In certain morbid states of the brain this tendency is exaggerated to an extraordinary degree: some hemiplegic patients and others, at the commencement of inflammatory softening of the brain, unconsciously imitate every word which is uttered, whether in their own or in a foreign language, and every gesture or action which is performed near them. (14. Dr. Bateman, 'On Aphasia,' 1870, ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin


Words linked to "Hemiplegic" :   handicapped person


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