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Definition of Monoplegia
1. Noun. Paralysis of a single limb.
Definition of Monoplegia
1. n. Paralysis affecting a single limb.
Definition of Monoplegia
1. Noun. (pathology) Complete paralysis of a single limb (or muscle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Monoplegia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Monoplegia
Literary usage of Monoplegia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the practice of medicine by Arthur Albert Stevens (1915)
"monoplegia may result from: 1. A focal lesion in the cortical area of the brain.
This may be recognized by the history, increased tonicity of the muscles, ..."
2. Contributions to Medical and Biological Research by William Osler (1919)
"SEGMENTAL CEREBRAL monoplegia BY WILLIAM G. SPILLER, MD, Professor of Neurology
in the University of Pennsylvania CORTICAL or subcortical monoplegia in ..."
3. The Applied anatomy of the nervous system: Being a Study of this Portion of by Ambrose Loomis Ranney (1881)
"If the region over the fissure of Rolando be subjected to apparent injury, and
the symptoms of some of the special types of monoplegia appear (affecting the ..."
4. Handbook of the Diseases of the Nervous System by James Ross (1885)
"A large number of cases of brachial monoplegia from cortical disease have been
... Bronchia-facial monoplegia. Paralysis of the face and arm is not ..."
5. The Diagnosis of nervous and mental diseases by Howell Terry Pershing (1901)
"In cases of spastic partial hemi- plegia or monoplegia of intracranial origin,
localization depends on the same principles as in hemiplegia (which see), ..."
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