Paralysis or weakness affecting the lower half of one side of the body, usually from spinal cord damage or injury.
From Greek hemi- (half) + paraplegia (from para- meaning 'beside' + plegia meaning 'stroke or paralysis'), describing partial paralysis of one body side.
Hemiparaplegia is rarer than complete paraplegia, but it reveals how sophisticated the spinal cord is—damage on just one side creates a unique pattern that doctors can map to find the exact injury location.
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