"tetraplegic" meaning in All languages combined

See tetraplegic on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: tetraplegics [plural]
Etymology: From 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”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|tetra-|sort=plegic}} tetra-, {{affix|en|-plegic}} -plegic, {{der|en|grc|πλήσσειν||to strike}} Ancient Greek πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”), {{der|en|grc|παραπληγή||the paralysis of half of the body}} Ancient Greek παραπληγή (paraplēgḗ, “the paralysis of half of the body”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tetraplegic (plural tetraplegics)
  1. A quadriplegic. Categories (topical): People

Inflected forms

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