quadriplegia

American  

[kwod-ruh-plee-jee-uh, -juh] / ˌkwɒd rəˈpli dʒi ə, -dʒə /

noun

Pathology.

1. paralysis of all four limbs or of the entire body below the neck.

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quadriplegia British  

/ -dʒə, ˌkwɒdrɪˈpliːdʒɪə /

noun

1. Also called: tetraplegia.  pathol paralysis of all four limbs, usually as the result of injury to the spine Compare hemiplegia paraplegia

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quadriplegia Scientific  

/ kwŏd′rə-plē′jē-ə /

1. Paralysis of the body from the neck down, caused by injury to the spinal cord.

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Etymology

Origin of quadriplegia

First recorded in 1920–25; quadri- + -plegia

Example Sentences

Wheelchair rugby was originally called murderball and was developed in Canada in the 1970s by athletes with quadriplegia.

From BBC

Taylor Crowe, 19, was born with conditions including severe brain damage, quadriplegia, cerebral palsy and epilepsy, and is in need of beds which would prevent her from falling out and injuring herself.

From BBC

During one session, the parents of a daughter with schizencephaly quadriplegia, a rare birth defect, witnessed her successfully feed herself using the system.

From Science Daily

Her death, in a hospital, was caused by complications of quadriplegia, her mother, Jean Ellison, said.

From New York Times

The company last week also won approval from an ethics committee for human trials to evaluate the device, a brain-computer interface system, for patients with quadriplegia.

From Science Magazine