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quadriplegic

adjective

  1. relating to or suffering from quadriplegia
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noun

  1. one who suffers from quadriplegia
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌkwɒd.ɹɪˈp(ə)liː.dʒɪk/ / /ˌkwɑdɹɪˈp(ə)lid͡ʒɪk/

adj

Etymology: 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”).

  1. Of, related to, or suffering from quadriplegia.

noun

Etymology: 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”).

  1. One who suffers from quadriplegia.

    Their life together changed on November 13, 1983, when Kowalski was involved in a car accident that left her a quadriplegic.