Definition of Quadriplegic

1. Noun. A person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs.

Generic synonyms: Handicapped Person

Definition of Quadriplegic

1. Noun. One who suffers from quadriplegia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quadriplegic

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Quadriplegic

1. Pertaining to or afflicted with quadriplegia. Synonym: tetraplegic. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadriplegic

quadripartite
quadripartitely
quadripartition
quadripartitions
quadripaschal
quadripedal
quadripedal extensor reflex
quadripennate
quadriphase
quadriphonic
quadriphonic system
quadriphonics
quadriphyllous
quadriplegia
quadriplegias
quadriplegic (current term)
quadriplegics
quadripoint
quadripolar
quadriporticus
quadrireme
quadriremes
quadrisect
quadrisected
quadrisecting
quadrisection
quadrisections
quadrisects
quadrisonic
quadrisulcate

Literary usage of Quadriplegic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"... and some helpful adaptations are discussed Symington DC, Boyd E, Vasa J: Rotating table for the high level quadriplegic Arch Phys Med Rehabil 55:481-483 ..."

2. Building a Better Delivery System: A New Engineering/health Care Partnership by Proctor P. Reid, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2005)
"An array of small electrodes implanted into the brain of a 25-year-old quadriplegic man was programmed through wired connection signals to control a ..."

3. Physical Fitness: A Guide for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury by David F. Apple, Jr. (1996)
"The paraplegic-backhand and the quadriplegic- backhand techniques are ... The quadriplegic backhand was originally developed by a Swedish athlete, ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Lewellys Franklin Barker, Milton Howard Fussell, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"There are cases in which acute alcoholic poisoning leads at once to alarming and grave constitutional symptoms, which may precede quadriplegic paralysis hy ..."

5. Disability and Social Change: A South African Agenda by Brian Watermeyer (2007)
"... EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Already, the quadriplegic Association of South Africa has launched through the Services SETA a new venture creation ..."

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