| hemiplegic | Relating to hemiplegia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hemiplegic amyotrophy | Muscular atrophy seen in hemiplegic limbs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemiplegic gait | Gait in which the leg is stiff, without flexion at knee and ankle, and with each step is rotated away from the body, then towards it, forming a saemicircle. Synonym: circumduction gait, spastic gait. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemiplegic migraine | A form associated with transient hemiplegia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cadaveric rigidity | Muscular rigidity which develops in the cadaver usually from 4 to 10 hours after death and lasts 3 or 4 days. (12 Dec 1998) |
| catatonic rigidity | Rigidity associated with catatonic psychotic states in which all muscles exhibit flexibilitas cerea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic rigidity | Rigidity of the cervix uteri in labour, due to fibrosis, scarring, cancer, or other condition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cerebellar rigidity | Increased tone of the extensor muscles, related to injury of the vermis of the cerebellum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rigidity | Stiffness or inflexibility, chiefly that which is abnormal or morbid, rigor. Origin: L. Rigiditas, rigidus = stiff (18 Nov 1997) |
| clasp-knife rigidity | Initial increased resistance to stretch of the extensor muscles of a joint that give way rather suddenly allowing the joint then to be easily flexed; the rigidity is due to an exaggeration of the stretch reflex. See: lengthening reaction. Synonym: clasp-knife effect, clasp-knife rigidity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cogwheel rigidity | <clinical sign, neurology> A type of rigidity seen in parkinsonism in which the muscles respond with cogwheel-like jerks to the use of constant force in bending the limb. (21 Jun 2000) |
| muscle rigidity | Continuous tonic contraction of skeletal muscle. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postmortem rigidity | Muscular rigidity which develops in the cadaver usually from 4 to 10 hours after death and lasts 3 or 4 days. (12 Dec 1998) |
| scleral rigidity | The resistance of the eye to changes in shape with changes in intraocular pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nuchal rigidity | <neurology> Resistance to flexion of the neck, seen in individuals with meningitis. (27 Sep 1997) |