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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

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From the Latin quadra- +‎ -plegic from the Greek πλήσσειν (to strike); probably patterned after paraplegic from the Greek παραπληγή (the paralysis of half of the body).

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