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A person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs
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quadriplegic
Word definitions for quadriplegic in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also quadraplegic , 1897, from quadriplegia + -ic . A correct, all-Greek formation would be *tessaraplegic . The noun is first attested 1912, from the adjective.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A quadriplegic who is nearly deaf and has failing eyesight, the 61-year-old sheik would seem to be powerless. ▪ Derek said her stepson is a quadriplegic . ▪ If so, the result was one bad night, while his brother spent the next ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of, related to, or suffering from quadriplegia. n. One who suffers from quadriplegia.
Usage examples of quadriplegic.
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She had had a hellish day doing rounds, making evaluations for the courts, and working with a fifteen-year-old who had tried to commit suicide and failed, but left himself a quadriplegic.
You may not know this, or understand it, but some people treat quadriplegics the way they would a leper.
Mack knows, he says, a quadriplegic with scoop marks and considers this a reductio ad absurdum of the sceptical position.
Terry Dobyns, the NYPD therapist, the man who'd been sitting at Rhyme's bedside when he'd awakened after the accident at a crime scene left him a quadriplegic, had explained to the criminalist all the cliched stages of grief.
Terry Dobyns, the NYPI) therapist, the man who'd been sitting at Rhyme's bedside when he'd awakened after the accident at a crime scene left him a quadriplegic, had explained to the criminalist all the cliched stages of grief.
The last two words probably were meant to counteract any faux pas created by suggesting that a quadriplegic might attend parties.
They swore there was no liability but there's apparently a rule of law that a quadriplegic automatically wins any lawsuits against construction companies, no matter who was at fault.