Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who suffers from paraplegia.

    Querschnittsgelähmter, Querschnittsgelähmte, Paraplegiker

    a person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down)

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He's paraplegic, which means he can't use his legs to walk.

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  2. He's paraplegic and has learned to navigate the world with creativity and willpower.

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  3. Yanni and Skura were both paraplegic.

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Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
person who suffers from paraplegia:

Origin

From para- + -plegic.

From para- + -plegic.

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Forms

plural: paraplegics
Singularparaplegic
Pluralparaplegics

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
paraplegic — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto