hemiplegic

Definition of hemiplegicnext

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Adjective
  • Carey died while trying to rescue a paralyzed elderly man from a house fire.
    Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • China’s leadership has appeared even more paralyzed over the country’s mounting economic woes.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Johnny Joestar, a paraplegic former jockey who’s already wealthy, joins not for the money, but to pursue Gyro, a strange man with two strange spinning electric balls that seemingly can give him the ability to walk again.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Avatar sees Jake Sully, a paraplegic veteran, on a mission to the moon Pandora, in an entirely new form, adopting that of the Na'vi people.
    Grace Dean, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Sharod Knox has lived this way since a 2002 shooting left him quadriplegic and dependent on a ventilator.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s one his many Se7en knockoffs, this one based on a series of novels about a quadriplegic cop, played by Washington, who teams with a rookie cop (Angelina Jolie) to take down a serial killer.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • For some seven years, MindShiftED has focused on supporting some of the city’s poorest families, parents of special-needs students and those who speak only Spanish.
    Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The event is a fundraiser organized by the Active 4 All Evergreen Foundation to support programs run by the Evergreen Park and Recreation District, including the INSPIRE special-needs program, which helps keep kids with challenges active.
    CBSColorado.com Staff, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Hemiplegic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hemiplegic. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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