Dictionary

quadriplegia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌkwɒdɹɪˈpliːd͡ʒə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌkwɑdɹɪˈplid͡ʒə/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Paralysis from the neck down.
2. (countable, uncountable) Paralysis of all four limbs.

Forms

Relateds

quadriplegic · paraplegia · paraplegic

Synonyms

tetraplegia

Translations (22)

es cuadriplejia (paralysis of all four limbs) · cs kvadruplegie (paralysis of all four limbs) · sk kvadruplégia (paralysis of all four limbs) · es tetraplejía (paralysis of all four limbs) · ro cvadriplegie (paralysis of all four limbs) · es cuadriplejía (paralysis of all four limbs) · es cuadraplejía (paralysis of all four limbs) · is lömun á höndum og fótum (paralysis of all four limbs) · es tetraplejia (paralysis of all four limbs) · fi neliraajahalvaus (paralysis from the neck down) · vo follimaflap (paralysis of all four limbs) · is allömun útlima (paralysis of all four limbs) · de Tetraplegie (paralysis of all four limbs) · ro tetraplegie (paralysis of all four limbs) · sh kvadriplègija (paralysis of all four limbs) · de Quadriplegie (paralysis of all four limbs) · ca tetraplegia (paralysis of all four limbs) · es cuadraplejia (paralysis of all four limbs) · fr quadriplégie (paralysis of all four limbs) · is lömun allra útlima (paralysis of all four limbs) · fr tétraplégie (paralysis of all four limbs) · sh квадриплѐгија (paralysis of all four limbs)