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Recent Examples of hemiplegia
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.
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Matthew Ponsford, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
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Julia suffers from a rare neurological disorder called alternating hemiplegia of childhood, or AHC.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 10 July 2024
It’s designed to identify what doctors call hemiplegia — weakness or paralysis on only one side of the body, a classic sign of stroke.
—Eva Holland, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
Spastic hemiplegia generally affects a hand, arm, or leg on only one side of the body.
—Lauren Sieben, SELF, 22 Mar. 2022
His conditions — alternating hemiplegia of childhood and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome — involve paralysis and severe epilepsy.
—Molly Duerig, azcentral, 14 Sep. 2019
Matthew Ponsford, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
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
It’s designed to identify what doctors call hemiplegia — weakness or paralysis on only one side of the body, a classic sign of stroke.
—Eva Holland, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
Spastic hemiplegia generally affects a hand, arm, or leg on only one side of the body.
—Lauren Sieben, SELF, 22 Mar. 2022
His conditions — alternating hemiplegia of childhood and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome — involve paralysis and severe epilepsy.
—Molly Duerig, azcentral, 14 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hemiplegia
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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After she was diagnosed with paresis, Ms. Dhegrae threw herself into research, spending up to 20 hours a day trawling through scientific journals and poring over her own medical history.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
21 Nov. 2019
Noun
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Ong continues to share her story about regaining her strength after paraplegia and wrote two books called Back on My Feet and The Heart-Centredness of Medicine.—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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In collaboration with Fudan University’s Huashan Hospital, researchers enabled a patient with high-level paraplegia to control a smart wheelchair and a robotic dog.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Manufactured by Canadian company Bowhead, the Ranger is a four-wheeler engineered for people with limited hand function, spinal cord injuries or quadriplegia, and for the elderly.—
Ben Coxworth
March 28,
New Atlas,
28 Mar. 2026
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Neuralink top officials’ public rhetoric about machine-human symbiosis and healthy human implantation diverges sharply from the company’s clinical work helping people with ALS and quadriplegia control a computer with their mind.—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Children with moderate to severe disabilities cannot be accommodated.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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In special education, the contract establishes a 20-to-1 staffing ratio for certain teachers working with students with disabilities and includes stronger enforcement of class size limits, with higher penalties for violations, union leaders said.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Walker was diagnosed with a rare form of cerebral palsy (spastic diplegia) at 18 months, forcing him to wear leg braces throughout his childhood.—
McKinley Franklin,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2023
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Spastic diplegia primarily involves the legs, often causing stiff hip and leg muscles.—
Lauren Sieben,
SELF,
22 Mar. 2022
Noun
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Spears, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, showed signs of impairment and underwent field sobriety tests, CHP said.—
Shafiq Najib,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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If a woman named Mary Brown can’t solve a captcha, visual impairment is a statistically likely reason.—
Amanda Gefter,
Quanta Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Hemiplegia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hemiplegia. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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