{"id":208676,"date":"2025-04-28T04:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T04:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=208676"},"modified":"2025-04-28T04:30:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T04:30:21","slug":"the-suffix-meaning-paralysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/28\/the-suffix-meaning-paralysis\/","title":{"rendered":"The suffix meaning paralysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The suffix meaning paralysis is:<br>A)<br>-plegia<br>B)<br>-plexy<br>C)<br>-pepsia<br>D)<br>-contra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is: <strong>A) -plegia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The suffix <strong>\u201c-plegia\u201d<\/strong> refers to <strong>paralysis<\/strong>, which is the loss or impairment of the ability to move a body part, often caused by injury or disease affecting the nervous system. When you see medical terms ending in &#8220;-plegia,&#8221; it typically describes the type or location of paralysis. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Hemiplegia<\/strong>: paralysis of one side of the body<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Paraplegia<\/strong>: paralysis of the lower half of the body<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Quadriplegia<\/strong>: paralysis of all four limbs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Paralysis occurs when communication between the brain and muscles is disrupted. This disruption can be due to stroke, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, or other neurological conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now let&#8217;s look at the other options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>B) -plexy<\/strong> means &#8220;stroke&#8221; or &#8220;seizure,&#8221; as seen in <strong>apoplexy<\/strong> (an old term for stroke). It refers to sudden impairment, but not specifically paralysis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>C) -pepsia<\/strong> relates to <strong>digestion<\/strong>. You find it in terms like <strong>dyspepsia<\/strong> (indigestion), and it has nothing to do with paralysis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>D) -contra<\/strong> is not a suffix; &#8220;contra-&#8221; is a prefix meaning &#8220;against&#8221; or &#8220;opposite,&#8221; used in words like <strong>contradict<\/strong> (to speak against).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding medical suffixes is critical in health sciences because they provide important clues about the condition described. In clinical settings, knowing that &#8220;-plegia&#8221; means paralysis helps quickly understand a diagnosis or a patient&#8217;s condition without needing a full explanation every time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suffix meaning paralysis is:A)-plegiaB)-plexyC)-pepsiaD)-contra The correct answer and explanation is : The correct answer is: A) -plegia Explanation: The suffix \u201c-plegia\u201d refers to paralysis, which is the loss or impairment of the ability to move a body part, often caused by injury or disease affecting the nervous system. 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