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quadriplegic

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˌkwɒd.ɹɪˈp(ə)liː.dʒɪk/Part of speech nounSorted acdegiilpqruStarts with QEnds with C0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs

Word origin

From quadri- (of Latin origins) 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”).

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  • Their life together changed on November 13, 1983, when Kowalski was involved in a car accident that left her a quadriplegic.

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