paraplegia
(noun) paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
paraplegia (countable and uncountable, plural paraplegias)
(pathology) A condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move.
Source: Wiktionary
Par`a*ple"gi*a, Par"a*ple`gy, n. Etym: [NL. paraplegia, fr. Gr. paraplégie.] (Med.)
Definition: Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused usually by disease of the spinal cord.
– Par`a*pleg"ic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 February 2025
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
