tetraplegia

[te-truh-plee-jee-uh, -juh]

noun

Pathology.

1. quadriplegia.

tetraplegia

/ ˌtɛtrəˈpliːdʒɪə /

noun

1. another name for quadriplegia

Other Word Forms

• tetraplegic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tetraplegia¹

First recorded in 1910–15; tetra- + -plegia

Word History and Origins

Origin of tetraplegia¹

from _tetra- + Greek plegē a blow, from plēssein to strike

Example Sentences

When he was first injured he could only communicate by blinking and clicking, and his injury is the worst level of tetraplegia – paralysed from the neck down and on a ventilator.

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Medical professionals call it a tetraplegia spinal injury, resulting in an inability to move the upper and lower parts of the body.

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An injury that high can often affect all four limbs, called tetraplegia.

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Sirio has spastic tetraplegia, a form of cerebral palsy that affects the movement of three limbs.

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Tetra comes from the first half of tetraplegia and bond from vagabond.

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