Author: Glossary
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Peripheral paraplegia
Paraplegia due to pressure on, injury to, or disease of peripheral nerves.
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Infantile spastic paraplegia
Spastic paraplegia that occurs in infants, usually due to birth injury.
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Paraplegia dolorosa
Paraplegia due to pressure of a neoplasm on the posterior spinal cord and nerve roots; extremely painful despite paralysis.
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Cerebral paraplegia
Paraplegia from a bilateral cerebral lesion.
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Ataxic paraplegia
Lateral and posterior sclerosis of the spinal cord characterized by slowly progressing ataxia and paresis.
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Paraplasm
Any abnormal new formation or malformation.
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Parapeptone
Intermediate digestion product of albumin.
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Tropical spastic paraparesis
gradually progressive disease of the spinal cord caused by infection with human T-cell lymphotropic virus— I.
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Paranucleus
A structure next to the nucleus of a cell.
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Paranucleolus
A darkly staining structure within a cell nucleus.