What's the difference between paralyzed and paraplegia?

Paralyzed


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Paralyze

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Two days later the lambs were delivered, given sheep surfactant, paralyzed, and their lungs mechanically ventilated.
  • (2) Dogs were anesthetized, paralyzed, and mechanically ventilated.
  • (3) To examine the effects of focally cooling three areas (rostral, intermediate, and caudal) of the ventral medullary surface (VMS) on respiratory oscillations in cervical sympathetic and phrenic nerve activity, 12 cats were anesthetized, vagotomized, paralyzed, and artificially ventilated with 7% CO2 in O2.
  • (4) The changes in the levels and distribution of gamma- and epsilon-subunit-specific mRNAs in toxin-paralyzed muscle correlate well with the spatial appearance of functional fetal and adult AChR channel subtypes along the muscle fiber.
  • (5) The spectrum of disabilities attendant to laryngeal paralysis range from mild hoarseness to complete upper airway obstruction depending upon the static position of the paralyzed cord or cords.
  • (6) The arrangement of the ventral root afferent fibers was investigated in anesthetized and paralyzed cats.
  • (7) Neural activities were recorded in decerebrate, vagotomized, paralyzed, and ventilated cats.
  • (8) Intracellular recordings and labelings with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) of inspiratory neurons were performed in decerebrate, paralyzed and ventilated rats.
  • (9) For all mutants the virus dose required to paralyze 50% of the infected animals was significantly higher than of the parent strain Barty.
  • (10) Experiments were carried out on 36 urethane-chloralose aneasthesized, paralyzed, vagotomized and artificially ventilated rabbits.
  • (11) Several procedures have been developed to restore closure of the paralyzed upper eyelid (implantation of gold weights or open wire springs) or to correct lower lid lagophthalmos and ectropion (lower lid tightening with a Bick procedure or insertion of a closed eyelid spring).
  • (12) Visual response latencies and rise times of X and Y ganglion cells recorded in the optic tract of anaesthetized, paralyzed cats were measured during repeated stimulation with sinusoidal gratings.
  • (13) All five stages are identified and are the same regardless of whether the animal is unparalyzed or is paralyzed and artificially respired.
  • (14) Inspiratory bursts were recorded from the phrenic nerve in Macaca fascicularis monkeys paralyzed and ventilated by means of a servoventilator driven by the inspiratory discharge of the phrenic nerve.
  • (15) The spinal cord injured patient has been the focus of clinical and research efforts to restore functional movement and obtain therapeutic benefits by electric stimulation of upper-motor-neuron paralyzed muscles.
  • (16) A transient phase of weak immunity was detected prior to the onset of paralysis when induced by relatively low paralyzing doses of polysaccharide.
  • (17) After 3 months of training it was found that endurance increased from 8 min at a work rate of 0 W to 30 min at a work rate of 40 W. Compared to the cardiovascular responses in non-paralyzed subjects, computerized cycle ergometry was found to be associated with higher relative stresses for a given level of absolute work.
  • (18) It is important for clinicians to recognize that benign knee joint effusions are likely to be encountered in paralyzed patients.
  • (19) Successful electrotherapy depends upon an early beginning, the selective stimulation of the paralyzed muscles with exponential current at a sufficiently high intensity under isometric conditions and by avoiding overstretching of the muscles.
  • (20) Following intubation of the trachea the patient was paralyzed and mechanically ventilated.

Paraplegia


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Paraplegy

Example Sentences:

  • (1) All of the nude mice developed paraplegia with or without incontinence at 2 weeks and routinely died of inanition 3 weeks postimplantation.
  • (2) In patients with spastic paraplegia presenting with recurrent dislocation of the hip, operative treatment combining a soft tissue repair and a bone block to augment the acetabulum is recommended.
  • (3) Two of the patients showed an elevation of the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) protein before development of paraplegia; one also showed a rise in myelin basic protein associated with his myelopathy.
  • (4) In both conditions about half the number of cases presented clinically before the age of 3 months, when paraplegia was evident in only 5 of the 26 infants with tethered cord and 3 of the 25 with tethered roots.
  • (5) The experience with these patients and a critical review of the literature indicate that the use of extracorporeal circulation and avoidance of hypoxia and hypercapnia may decrease the probability of paraplegia.
  • (6) An incomplete transverse lesion of the cord with paraplegia was found in 61.7 per cent, a complete paralysis in 14.3 per cent of the cases.
  • (7) In contrast no dog in Group IV developed paraplegia.
  • (8) The main causes are Potts Disease, arachnoiditis, tropical spastic paraplegia, trauma, lathyrism and cord compression.
  • (9) There was one definitive neurological complication leading to the death of one patient at 4 months and one totally regressive paraplegia at the 2nd month with the patient recovering independent walking function.
  • (10) This observation relates a case of spinal arachnoiditis with paraplegia, for a 56 year old patient hospitalized for a S.A.H.
  • (11) Four of nine dogs in group 5 had complete paraplegia, three dogs showed varying degrees of recovery, and two dogs had no neurologic deficit.
  • (12) The incidence of renal dysfunction (7.4%) or paraplegia (2.1%) was not related to aortic cross-clamp time, and both were markedly decreased to 3.8% and 0.0%, respectively, when the cases of thoracoabdominal aneurysms were excluded.
  • (13) Spanking, in the last case, was the cause of an important luxation of T12-L1, at first with a complete paraplegia, and was associated with the fact that the child was only seen a few days after by a doctor and immediately referred.
  • (14) 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.
  • (15) The loss of physical unctions is comparable to that in the case of paraplegia.
  • (16) Progressive neurological deficits were detected in 18 of 20 animals; severe paraparesis or paraplegia occurred in 75%, and sphincter dysfunction occurred in 55%.
  • (17) One-third of the infants with neuroblastoma presented with paraplegia and one-third with respiratory symptoms including wheeze, stridor and respiratory difficulty.
  • (18) After a severe polytraumatism, a 14 year-old boy presents paraplegia without vertebral lesion.
  • (19) The pathogenesis of the relapsing and remitting paraplegia and its relationship with pregnancy is probably multi-factorial.
  • (20) A 57-year-old man with clinical symptoms of dementia and spastic paraplegia revealed pathologically scattered cerebral arteriosclerotic changes and diffuse myelin destruction in the basis pontis.

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