Hēm'i-plē'gi-ā or Hēm'i-plē'gy, n.

n. [N. Lat. hemiplegia, hemiplegia, Fr. hémiplégie, hémiplexie, Gr. ἡμιπληγία, ἡμιπληξία, from ἡμι, half, and πλήσσειν, to strike, πλῆξις, πληγή, a stroke.] (Med.) A palsy that affects one side only of the body.