Hemiplegia

(hem-e-ple'-je-ali). Paralysis of one side of the body, due usually to a lesion of some part of the corpus striatum and internal capsule, of the cms cerebri, or of the cortex or subcortex of the opposite side of the brain. H., Alternate, paralysis of the facial muscles upon one side, with paralysis of the trunk and extremities upon the opposite side of the body. H., Bilateral Spastic. See Paraplegia, Infantile Spasmodic. H., Cerebral, the ordinary form first described. H., Cro ed. Same as, Alternate. H., Facial, motor paralysis of one side of the face. H., Hephestic, from the use of the hammer by smiths, a form of occupation neurosis. H., Spastic, a form occurring in infants, in which the affected extremities are subject to convulsive twitchings. H., Spinal, paralysis of one side or of the whole body, with lo of sensation of the opposite side. It is due to disease of the spinal cord.