quadriplegia

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quadriplegia

Etymology

Latin quadri- (“four”) +‎ plegia, from Ancient Greek πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”); probably patterned after paraplegia.

Pronunciation

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Hyphenation: quad‧ri‧ple‧gia

Noun

quadriplegia (countable and uncountable, plural quadriplegias)

paralysis from the neck down
paralysis of all four limbs

Synonyms

tetraplegia

Related terms

Translations

paralysis from the neck down

Finnish: neliraajahalvaus (fi)
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paralysis of all four limbs

Catalan: tetraplegia f
Czech: kvadruplegie f
French: quadriplégie (fr) f, tétraplégie (fr) f
German: Quadriplegie f, Tetraplegie f
Icelandic: lömun allra útlima f, allömun útlima f, lömun á höndum og fótum f
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Romanian: tetraplegie f, cvadriplegie f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: квадриплѐгија f

Roman: kvadriplègija (sh) f
Volapük: follimaflap

Italian

Etymology

From quadri- +‎ -plegia.

Noun

quadriplegia f (plural quadriplegie)

quadriplegia
Synonym: tetraplegia

Derived terms

quadriplegico

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