quadriplegic

[kwod-ruh-plee-jik, -plej-ik]

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noun Pathology.

a person with quadriplegia.

Origin of quadriplegic

First recorded in 1960–65; quadripleg(ia) + -ic

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Related Words for quadriplegic

disabled, lame, paraplegic, quadriplegic, immobile, inactive, incapacitated, insensible, numb, palsied, paralyzed, powerless, diplegic

Examples from the Web for quadriplegic

Contemporary Examples of quadriplegic

And the day-to-day existence of a quadriplegic is far crueler than most people imagine.
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Michael Daly
November 11, 2011
He wound up a quadriplegic with restricted vision who could only communicate by screaming.
The Getty Family Implosion
Anthony Haden-Guest
February 10, 2011
But to watch her suffer for three years, she was a quadriplegic, it was a very helpless feeling for me.
Cee Lo Uncensored
Peter Lauria
January 19, 2011

Historical Examples of quadriplegic

We have all witnessed some of these applications: sensors connected to unharmed nervous terminals allow the quadriplegic to move.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Mihai Nadin

British Dictionary definitions for quadriplegic

quadriplegic

adjective

of, relating to, or afflicted with qudriplegia

noun

a person afflicted with quadriplegia

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Word Origin and History for quadriplegic

adj.

also quadraplegic, 1897, from quadriplegia + -ic. A correct, all-Greek formation would be *tessaraplegic. The noun is first attested 1912, from the adjective.