Definitions
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- adjective Of, related to, or suffering from
quadriplegia . - noun One who suffers from
quadriplegia .
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- noun a person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs
Etymologies
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Examples
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All true, but deporting a quadriplegic is not very good optics nor is it very sporting.
Impotent Canadian Immigration Fails To Boot Illegal Parasite « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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That may sound like an oxymoron, but once you've seen wheelchair rugby, you'll understand the word quadriplegic in a different way.
Archive 2005-07-01 2005
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That may sound like an oxymoron, but once you've seen wheelchair rugby, you'll understand the word quadriplegic in a different way.
murderball 2005
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One of the voters, Ralph Vanzant, is described as a quadriplegic who must vote absentee every year.
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Up until this point, I had been a quadriplegic, meaning that all four limbs had been affected.
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Billy Burke, Engine Co. 21, who perished in the North Tower after refusing to leave the side of Ed Beyea, a computer programmer and wheelchair-bound quadriplegic.
No Firemen at Ground Zero This 9/11? Michael Burke 2011
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He is now handicapped, a quadriplegic, due to the surgery, she says, adding he has many health complications.
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She knew that I had been a quadriplegic for 30 years and had endured many other significant losses.
Dan Gottlieb, Ph.D.: After Trauma: 'Why Me?' Ph.D. Dan Gottlieb 2012
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Jason Street's attempts to adjust to life as a quadriplegic.
Five reasons why Friday Night Lights has earned its replay on Sky Atlantic 2012
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He also cites actor Christopher Reeve, who Denenberg says "transformed himself from a celebrity who played Superman into a real hero" following an equestrian accident that left him a quadriplegic until his death in 2004.
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