quadriplegic
pronunciation
How to pronounce quadriplegic in British English:
UK [ˌkwɒdrɪˈpli:dʒɪk]
How to pronounce quadriplegic in American English:
US [ˌkwɑdrɪˈplidʒɪk]
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- Noun:
- a person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs
Word Origin
- quadriplegic (adj.)
- also quadraplegic, 1897, from quadriplegia + -ic. A correct, all-Greek formation would be *tessaraplegic. The noun is first attested 1912, from the adjective.
Example
- 1. Become the first quadriplegic to float in zero-gravity .
- 2. If he 'd lived , he would 've been a quadriplegic .
- 3. The two people in this study , a 58-year-old woman and a 66-year-old man , are quadriplegic , unable to use their limbs as a result of strokes years ago .
- 4. If a quadriplegic wakes up he or she can 't see .
- 5. The multiple sclerosis that has already made her a quadriplegic is beginning to destroy her lungs .