Quadriplegia Definition

kwŏdrə-plējə, -jē-ə
noun
Total paralysis of the body from the neck down.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Quadriplegia

Noun

Singular:
quadriplegia
Plural:
quadriplegias

Origin of Quadriplegia

  • From the Latin quadri- (“four") +"Ž plegia, from the Ancient Greek πλήσσειν (plegein, “to strike"); probably patterned after paraplegia.

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Quadriplegia Sentence Examples

  • Unfortunately, his brain was starved of oxygen and he was left severely brain damaged, with spastic quadriplegia.

  • For instance, affected muscles in one limb is monoplegia, both arms or both legs is diplegia, both limbs on one side of the body is hemiplegia, and in all four limbs is quadriplegia.

  • Dieticians normally decrease the amount of calories by 5 percent for those with paraplegia and 10 to 15 percent for those with tetraplegia (quadriplegia).

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