hemiplegia

(hem"l-ple'il-ah) [G. hem i-, half, + plSge, a stroke.] Paralysis of one side of the body and of the opposite side of the face, alter'nate h., paralysis of facial muscles on one side and of the extremities on the other, due to a unilateral lesion of the pons; Gubler's paralysis, ascend'ing h., ascending paralysis* affecting one lateral half of the body, cro ed h., alternate h. fa'cial h., paralysis of one side of the face, the muscles of the extremities being unaffected, hephes'tic h., spasmodic h. affecting smiths; see the adjective. hered'itaiy h., h. with atrophy, present at birth. in'fantile h., birth palsy.*