tetraplegic
tetraplegic · tetraplegics
A quadriplegicA quadriplegic.
Meaning
1 sensesA quadriplegic.
Origin
From tetra- and -plegic, from Ancient Greek πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”); probably patFrom tetra- and -plegic, from Ancient Greek πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”); probably patterned after paraplegic from the Ancient Greek παραπληγή (paraplēgḗ, “the paralysis of half of the body”).
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Forms
plural: tetraplegics| Singular | tetraplegic |
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| Plural | tetraplegics |
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