-plegia

-plegia
a combining form meaning "paralysis, cessation of motion," in the limbs or region of the body specified by the initial element: cardioplegia; hemiplegia; quadriplegia.
[ < Gk -plegia, comb. form repr. plegé blow, stroke; see -IA]

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