What's the difference between hemiplegia and side?

Hemiplegia


Definition:

  • (n.) A palsy that affects one side only of the body.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) At the end of this period, a left hemiplegia occurred.
  • (2) Patients' ages ranged from 45 to 85 (means 67 years) and the duration of hemiplegia from 1 month to 13 years (means 30.9 months).
  • (3) decreased the incidence of neurological deficits, such as hemiplegia and convulsion followed by coma and death, for 48 h after ischemia and anoxia.
  • (4) Hemiplegia and aphasia, when present, usually regressed within a few months.
  • (5) Similar cerebral infarcts in infants who survive with less severe systemic complications may lead to porencephaly, hemiplegia, mental and motor retardation, and recurrent seizures.
  • (6) The cause of GANS is unknown, but the hemiplegia following HZO is clearly due to a virus-induced vasculitis spread from the overlying Gasserian nucleus; the history of preceding herpes zoster ophthalmicus strongly suggests the diagnosis.
  • (7) Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus followed by a controlateral hemiparesis or hemiplegia is a relatively infrequent clinical syndrome.
  • (8) A 32 year old obese, diabetic and hypertensive woman presented with signs of increasing intracranial pressure: diplopia, partial lateralised Jacksonian seizures followed by alternating post-ictal hemiplegia.
  • (9) Laryngeal hemiplegia was induced in 4 ponies via a left recurrent laryngeal neurectomy.
  • (10) In order to study the effect of long-term administration of co-trimoxazole on renal function, creatinine clearance rates were measured in 18 patients with neurogenic hypotonia of the bladder due to paraplegia, quadriplegia, hemiplegia and cerebrocervical injuries.
  • (11) This study was designed to define a simple, unequivocal test for the evaluation of laryngeal function and the diagnosis of idiopathic laryngeal hemiplegia (ILH).
  • (12) A persisting neurologic deficit occurred in 10 cases -- visual field defect, 6 cases; hemiplegia, 1; slight weakness, 1; and a sensory deficit, 2.
  • (13) The main clinical manifestations are disturbance in consciousness, hemiplegia or quadriplegia, and pupillary abnormalitites.
  • (14) Of particular note is that right hemiplegia associated with sensory disturbances, compatible with the Brown-Séquard syndrome, was an outstanding early clinical manifestation.
  • (15) From a semiological point of view, they may be: (i) isolated, (ii) associated with neurological symptoms (ophtalmoplegia, hemiplegia, hemianesthesia...).
  • (16) Case 2: A 69-year-old man was admitted in semicoma and with right hemiplegia.
  • (17) No significant associations were detected between laryngeal hemiplegia and any ELA antigen in Thoroughbreds.
  • (18) Although mirror-writing is well recognized as occurring in the presence of central nervous system damage, and is especially seen in association with hemiplegia, its mechanism has not yet been elucidated.
  • (19) The hemiplegia remained even though this patient was saved from death.
  • (20) In this model, neurological deficits such as hemiplegia and decrease of amplitude of electromyographic activity evoked by electrical stimulation of the left sensory motor cortex, were observed on the right legs.

Side


Definition:

  • (n.) The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.
  • (n.) Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side.
  • (n.) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather.
  • (n.) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side.
  • (n.) A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.
  • (n.) The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.
  • (n.) A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
  • (n.) Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.
  • (a.) Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.
  • (n.) Long; large; extensive.
  • (v. i.) To lean on one side.
  • (v. i.) To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party.
  • (v. t.) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
  • (v. t.) To suit; to pair; to match.
  • (v. t.) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Previous use of the drug is found in more than 50 per cent of the patients, and it was often followed by a neglected side-effect.
  • (2) No differences between the two substances were observed with respect to side effects and general tolerability.
  • (3) During and after the infusion of 5HTP, none of the patients showed an increase in anxiety or depressive symptoms, despite the presence of severe side effects.
  • (4) gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate release from the treated side was higher than the control value during the first 2-3 h, a result indicating an important role of glial cells in the inactivation of released transmitter.
  • (5) The obvious need for highly effective contraception in women with existing disorders of glucose metabolism has led to a search for oral contraceptive (OC) regimens for such women that are efficient but without unacceptable metabolic side effects.
  • (6) Side effect incidence in patients treated with the paracetamol-sobrerol combination (3.7%) was significantly lower than that observed in subjects treated with paracetamol (6.1% - P less than 0.01), salicylics (25.1% - P less than 0.001), pyrazolics (12.6% - P less than 0.001), propionics (20.3%, P less than 0.001) or other antipyretics (17.9% - P less than 0.001).
  • (7) These findings suggest that clonidine transdermal disks lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients, but produce local skin lesions and general side effects.
  • (8) Completeness of isolation of the coronary and systemic circulations was shown by the marked difference in appearance times between the reflex hypotensive responses from catecholamine injections into the isolated coronary circulation and the direct hypertensive response from a similar injection when the circulations were connected as well as by the marked difference between the pressure pulses recorded simultaneously on both sides of the aortic balloon separating the two circulations.4.
  • (9) The Tyr side chain had two conformations of comparable energy, one over the ring between the Gln and Asn side chains, and the other with the Tyr side chain away from the ring.
  • (10) Estimates of potential for gastrointestinal side effects using the rat enteropooling assay and in vivo monkey effects indicate that diarrhea will be substantially reduced with retention of uterine stimulating potency.
  • (11) The reason for the rise in Android's market share on both sides of the Atlantic is the increased number of devices that use the software.
  • (12) Only those derivatives with a free amino group and net positive charge in the side chain were effective.
  • (13) Thus there may be four types of LPS in PACI: one contains unsubstituted core polysaccharide and yields L2 on acid hydrolysis, another has short antigenic side-chains of the SR type and yields the LI fraction, while the two high molecular weight fractions are derived from core polysaccharides with different side-chains.
  • (14) For retrospective action to be taken, and an FA charge to follow, the decision of the panel must be unanimous.” The match between the sides ended in acrimony and two City red cards.
  • (15) We studied the effect of low-dose intrathecal morphine (0.00-0.20 mg) on pain relief and the incidence of side effects after cholecystectomy in 139 patients divided into eight groups according to intrathecal morphine dose: groups 1 (0.00 mg), 2 (0.04 mg), 3 (0.06 mg), 4 (0.08 mg), 5 (0.10 mg), 6 (0.12 mg), 7 (0.15 mg), and 8 (0.20 mg).
  • (16) The temperature increased from the anterior to the posterior region on both buccal and lingual sides of both arches.
  • (17) The product of this enzymatic hydrolysis was F420 with one less glutamic acid in the side chain.
  • (18) On embryonic day 3.5 (E3.5), 1 day after surgery, there is a 42% average increase in volume of the polyganglia compared with the corresponding DRG on the unoperated side.
  • (19) Side effects were observed in 15.9% of the patients in the urapidil group and in 11.3% of the prazosin group (NS).
  • (20) Significant side-effects occurred infrequently and only 2 children lost weight during the period of medication.

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