-plegia

Also ‑plegic.

Paralysis.

Greek plēgē, stroke.

Paraplegia (Greek, from paraplēssein, strike at the side, from para, beside) is paralysis of the legs and lower body, typically caused by spinal injury or disease; hemiplegia (Greek hēmi‑, half) is paralysis of one side of the body; quadriplegia (Latin, from quattuor, four) or tetraplegia (Greek, from tettares, four) is paralysis of all four limbs; cardioplegia is the temporary arrest of the heart's action to enable surgery to be carried out; ophthalmoplegia (Greek ophthalmos, eye) is paralysis of the muscles within or surrounding the eye. Associated adjectives are created using ‑plegic: paraplegic, hemiplegic.