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quadriplegic

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having quadriplegia; paralyzed from the neck down or in all four limbs as a result of disease or injury.

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

My best friend is a C-4/C-5 quadriplegic who depends on around-the-clock care.

And the day-to-day existence of a quadriplegic is far crueler than most people imagine.

He wound up a quadriplegic with restricted vision who could only communicate by screaming.

But to watch her suffer for three years, she was a quadriplegic, it was a very helpless feeling for me.

She currently splits her time between her career and being a caretaker for her brother, a recent quadriplegic.

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

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