"quadriplegia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkwɑdɹɪˈplid͡ʒə/ [General-American], /ˌkwɒdɹɪˈpliːd͡ʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: quadriplegias [plural]
Etymology: From quadri- (“four”) + -plegia, from Ancient Greek πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”); probably patterned after paraplegia. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|quadri|plegia|t1=four}} quadri- (“four”) + -plegia, {{der|en|grc|πλήσσειν|t=to strike}} Ancient Greek πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} quadriplegia (countable and uncountable, plural quadriplegias)
  1. Paralysis from the neck down. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (paralysis from the neck down): neliraajahalvaus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-quadriplegia-en-noun-otRI2pKY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English hybridisms, English terms prefixed with quadri-, English terms suffixed with -plegia, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English hybridisms: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with quadri-: 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -plegia: 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'paralysis from the neck down': 94 6
  2. Paralysis of all four limbs. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (paralysis of all four limbs): tetraplegia [feminine] (Catalan), kvadruplegie [feminine] (Czech), quadriplégie [feminine] (French), tétraplégie [feminine] (French), Quadriplegie [feminine] (German), Tetraplegie [feminine] (German), lömun allra útlima [feminine] (Icelandic), allömun útlima [feminine] (Icelandic), lömun á höndum og fótum [feminine] (Icelandic), tetraplegie [feminine] (Romanian), cvadriplegie [feminine] (Romanian), квадриплѐгија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kvadriplègija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tetraplejia [feminine] (Spanish), tetraplejía [feminine] (Spanish), follimaflap (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-quadriplegia-en-noun-~f9U1x8n Disambiguation of 'paralysis of all four limbs': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tetraplegia Related terms: paraplegia, paraplegic, quadriplegic

Inflected forms

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