| AQUILEGIA | • aquilegia n. (Botany) Any member of the genus Aquilegia. • Aquilegia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – the columbines. • AQUILEGIA n. a genus of plants including columbine. |
| CARDIOPLEGIA | • cardioplegia n. (Surgery) The deliberate, temporary cessation of cardiac activity before heart surgery. • CARDIOPLEGIA n. deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out. |
| COLLEGIA | • collegia n. Plural of collegium. • COLLEGIUM n. (Latin) a Soviet executive council. |
| CYCLOPLEGIA | • cycloplegia n. Paralysis of the ciliary muscle of the eye, resulting in a loss of accommodation. • CYCLOPLEGIA n. loss of visual accommodation because of ciliary muscle paralysis. |
| DIPLEGIA | • diplegia n. (Medicine) Paralysis that affects symmetrically opposed parts of the body. • DIPLEGIA n. paralysis of a part on both sides of the body. |
| FLORILEGIA | • florilegia n. Plural of florilegium. • FLORILEGIUM n. (Latin) a collection of literary pieces; an anthology. |
| HEMIPLEGIA | • hemiplegia n. Total or partial inability to move one side of the body. • HEMIPLEGIA n. a palsy that affects one side only of the body. |
| MONOPLEGIA | • monoplegia n. (Pathology) Complete paralysis of a single limb (or muscle). • MONOPLEGIA n. paralysis affecting a single limb. |
| OPHTHALMOPLEGIA | • ophthalmoplegia n. (Medicine) A complete paralysis of the extraocular muscles which are responsible for eye movements. • OPHTHALMOPLEGIA n. paralysis of the ocular muscles. |
| PARAPLEGIA | • paraplegia n. (Pathology) A condition where the lower half of a patient’s body is paralyzed and cannot move. • PARAPLEGIA n. paralysis of lower half of body. |
| QUADRAPLEGIA | • QUADRAPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRIPLEGIA, TETRAPLEGIA. |
| QUADRIPLEGIA | • quadriplegia n. Paralysis from the neck down. • quadriplegia n. Paralysis of all four limbs. • QUADRIPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also TETRAPLEGIA. |
| TETRAPLEGIA | • tetraplegia n. Paralysis of all four limbs. • tetraplegia n. Complete paralysis from below the jaw. • TETRAPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRAPLEGIA, QUADRIPLEGIA. |