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单词 quadriplegic
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quadriplegic

[ kwod-ruh-plee-jik, -plej-ik ]
/ ˌkwɒd rəˈpli dʒɪk, -ˈplɛdʒ ɪk /
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noun Pathology.

a person with quadriplegia.
Sometimes quad·ra·ple·gic .

Origin of quadriplegic

First recorded in 1960–65; quadripleg(ia) + -ic

Words nearby quadriplegic

quadriparesis, quadripartite, quadripedal extensor reflex, quadriphonics, quadriplegia, quadriplegic, quadripole, quadrireme, quadrisect, quadrisyllable, quadrivalent
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Example sentences from the Web for quadriplegic

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  • He wound up a quadriplegic with restricted vision who could only communicate by screaming.

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  • But to watch her suffer for three years, she was a quadriplegic, it was a very helpless feeling for me.

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  • We have all witnessed some of these applications: sensors connected to unharmed nervous terminals allow the quadriplegic to move.

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British Dictionary definitions for quadriplegic

quadriplegic
/ (ˌkwɒdrɪˈpliːdʒɪk) pathol /

adjective

of, relating to, or afflicted with qudriplegia

noun

a person afflicted with quadriplegia
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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