† ˈhemiplexy Obs.
[ad. mod.L. hēmiplēxia, a. Gr. ἡµιπληξία a stroke on one side, f. ἡµι- hemi- + πληγή stroke.]
= hemiplegia.
1576 Baker Jewell of Health 161 b, It prevayleth against the palsie of the members, left after an Apoplexie, or Hemiplexie. 1656 in Blount Glossogr., Hemiplexy. |