Paraplegia is the condition of being unable to move the lower half of your body. inability to move your legs and the lower part of your body paralysis (paraplegie, from para- ( PARA-) + -plegie (from plessein ))
refers to "impairment or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the thoracic, lumbar or sacral (but not cervical) segments of the spinal cord, secondary to damage of neural elements within the spinal canal"6