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Recent Examples of diplegia
Walker was diagnosed with a rare form of cerebral palsy (spastic diplegia) at 18 months, forcing him to wear leg braces throughout his childhood.
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Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
Spastic diplegia primarily involves the legs, often causing stiff hip and leg muscles.
—Lauren Sieben, SELF, 22 Mar. 2022
She was diagnosed with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy at age 1, according to the family's YouCaring page.
—Sarah Klein, Health.com, 6 July 2018
Maya was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy, which is a type of cerebral palsy that causes the muscles in the hips, legs and feet to be tight or spastic.
—Deasia Paige, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2018
Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
Spastic diplegia primarily involves the legs, often causing stiff hip and leg muscles.
—Lauren Sieben, SELF, 22 Mar. 2022
She was diagnosed with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy at age 1, according to the family's YouCaring page.
—Sarah Klein, Health.com, 6 July 2018
Maya was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy, which is a type of cerebral palsy that causes the muscles in the hips, legs and feet to be tight or spastic.
—Deasia Paige, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diplegia
Noun
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About a third experience some form of aura beforehand, often accompanied by debilitating symptoms from vomiting to vertigo, or, in worse cases, temporary blindness or hemiplegia, a paralysis down one side of the body.—
Matthew Ponsford,
WIRED,
19 Sep. 2024
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Related article Gaza’s chessboard of suffering: Tens of thousands on the move again as IDF issues new evacuation orders Julia suffers from a rare neurological disorder called alternating hemiplegia of childhood, or AHC.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN,
10 July 2024
Noun
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Two of the rats were paralyzed and unable to reach food or water, and a third had paresis and had trouble moving.—
Rob O'Dell,
The Arizona Republic,
23 June 2021
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Doctors diagnosed her with paresis of the vocal folds, a muscular dysfunction.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
21 Nov. 2019
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Following this work, the company is now aiming to use its BCI to enhance the quality of lives of individuals with speech or motor function disabilities like Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), high-level paraplegia, and stroke.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Jan. 2025
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The plaintiff, Darwin Boggs, has paraplegia and uses a wheelchair when traveling in public, the suit said.—
Rebecca Plevin,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Yet there’s still this assumption that actors with disabilities aren’t there.—
Amy Marturana Winderl,
SELF,
29 Apr. 2025
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The programs were created to serve as guardrails for civil rights enforcement, and to help remedy inequities faced by groups that have historically been discriminated against, such as minorities, women and people with disabilities.—
Jonathan Swan,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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While there was a net loss of $28.3 million or $2.24 per share in the fourth quarter, which ended Feb. 1, it was attributed to a goodwill impairment charge and transaction expenses related to the acquisition of Vince by P180 from Sun Capital in January.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
2 May 2025
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Despite the topline growth, the company booked a wider 610 million loss due to asset impairment charges related to online doctor consultation app KonsultaMD and ramp-up costs of the new cancer hospital.—
Ian Sayson,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Diplegia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diplegia. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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