hemiplegic
adjective, noun
hemiplegic is an adjective meaning “Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with hemiplegia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-E-M-I-P-L-E-G-I-C, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does hemiplegic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with hemiplegia
noun
- 1
One who has hemiplegia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hemiplegic
- hemiplegics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hemiplegic?
Hemiplegic appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hemiplegic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of, pertaining to, or afflicted with hemiplegia:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hémiplégique |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hemiplegic come from?
From hemi- + -plegic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).