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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
hemiplegia .
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For example, in Babinski’s agnosia, a patient with hemiparalysis may attempt to get out of bed and walk and be prone to an accident, despite evidence of paralysis from repeated failures to walk and despite instructions from staff and visitors not to walk.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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