quadriplegia
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8.3
- noun
- /ˌkwɒdrɪˈpliːdʒə/
- Specialized
:
cuadriplejía
- The subjects are generally grouped by their level of impairment due to disability (quadriplegia and paraplegia).
- person with quadriplegia
- quadriplegia and spinal cord
- quadriplegia and spinal injury
Examples
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As a health care attorney with quadriplegia who teaches health policy and law at a large university, my interactions with the health care system are somewhat unique.
Academic text (2003) -
Their health problems include quadriplegia, lupus, breast cancer, and other serious conditions.
Academic text (2000) -
Do you have any experience with quadriplegia?
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The attitude is this: "Who would think that a man with quadriplegia could drive?"
Blog text (12) -
"It is better to say, "That student has quadriplegia." Focus on what a person is able to do rather than the inability.
Academic text (2014) -
You would think there would be an online support group for medically induced quadriplegia patients.
Blog text (3) -
Three of the individuals had quadriplegia due to a high-level SCI with lesions at C4 or higher and required a writing system.
Academic text (1992) -
However, drivers with severe motor impairments, such as quadriplegia or double amputations of the upper extremities, may need to use all of their residual functioning to operate the primary controls.
Academic text (1991) -
After his accident, he was diagnosed with quadriplegia, meaning he could not move his arms or legs.
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Living with quadriplegia presents unique challenges, such as needing assistance with daily activities.
Synonyms
81
5.4
Loss of movement and feeling in all or part of the body
30
8.4
A condition that makes part of the body weak or unable to move
A condition in which both arms, both legs, and the upper body cannot move
Antonyms
How Many Limbs
- Specialized
1
8.3
- Specialized
2
7.5
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
quadriplegia = quadri + pleg + ia
Although it contains the classical elements 'quadri-' meaning 'four' and 'pleg' plus '-ia' relating to paralysis, the term is a specialized medical formation that is not readily guessable for an average learner.
Etymology
Quadriplegia breaks into quadri- meaning 'four' (as in quadruple) and -plegia meaning 'paralysis' or 'being unable to move'. So quadriplegia is paralysis of all four limbs, both arms and both legs.