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adj
Of, related to, or suffering from quadriplegia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
One who suffers from quadriplegia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: handicapped person
History
From quadri- (of Latin origins) and -plegic, from Ancient Greek πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”); probably patterned after paraplegic from the Ancient Greek παραπληγή (paraplēgḗ, “the paralysis of half of the body”).
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
