Definition of quadriplegic in English:
quadriplegic
adjective ˌkwɒdrɪˈpliːdʒɪkˌkwɑdrəˈplidʒɪk
Affected by or relating to paralysis of all four limbs; tetraplegic.
quadriplegic cerebral palsy
Example sentencesExamples
- The settlement is geared towards looking after this person who might be quadriplegic for the rest of their lives.
- Last year rescue calls included a total of four broken backs, with two paraplegic cases and one quadriplegic case.
- The patient is a 43-year-old quadriplegic woman with a history of urinary bladder calculi.
- The world's best-known quadriplegic scientist showed off his "new toy" in a Facebook post this week.
- These patients were newly quadriplegic patients and had sustained new postoperative root injuries.
- He is Canada's first quadriplegic MP.
- He was expected to be blind, deaf, unable to speak, and quadriplegic.
- I'm training to become a quadriplegic rugby star.
- He was left with quadriplegic cerebral palsy and needs special equipment to stand and sit upright.
- An elderly quadriplegic man who presented in septic shock died.
- Competition is broken into paraplegic, quadriplegic, junior mixed and a Sunday road race.
- A quadriplegic artist, he creates his detailed sketches using a pencil inserted into a custom-made mouthpiece.
noun ˌkwɒdrɪˈpliːdʒɪkˌkwɑdrəˈplidʒɪk
A person affected by paralysis of all four limbs.
a car accident left him a quadriplegic
Example sentencesExamples
- He plays a quadriplegic who is paralysed from the neck down.
- He was a recovering quadriplegic, and rehab was his life.
- He became a quadriplegic as a result of that accident.
- An accident on the course left me a quadriplegic at the C5 - C6 level.
- The devices might allow quadriplegics to move limbs again by sending signals from the brain to various muscles.
- For quadriplegics, this could allow them full use of their body again.
- He's a C5 quadriplegic, and has been for nine years.
- At 17, a careless dive into shallow water left her a quadriplegic.
- For the next 29 years, he lived the life of a quadriplegic.
- He dived into the water and hit a sandbank and was rendered a quadriplegic.
Definition of quadriplegic in US English:
quadriplegic
adjectiveˌkwädrəˈplējikˌkwɑdrəˈplidʒɪk
Affected by or relating to paralysis of all four limbs; tetraplegic.
quadriplegic cerebral palsy
Example sentencesExamples
- The world's best-known quadriplegic scientist showed off his "new toy" in a Facebook post this week.
- Last year rescue calls included a total of four broken backs, with two paraplegic cases and one quadriplegic case.
- An elderly quadriplegic man who presented in septic shock died.
- These patients were newly quadriplegic patients and had sustained new postoperative root injuries.
- He was left with quadriplegic cerebral palsy and needs special equipment to stand and sit upright.
- Competition is broken into paraplegic, quadriplegic, junior mixed and a Sunday road race.
- The settlement is geared towards looking after this person who might be quadriplegic for the rest of their lives.
- The patient is a 43-year-old quadriplegic woman with a history of urinary bladder calculi.
- A quadriplegic artist, he creates his detailed sketches using a pencil inserted into a custom-made mouthpiece.
- He was expected to be blind, deaf, unable to speak, and quadriplegic.
- I'm training to become a quadriplegic rugby star.
- He is Canada's first quadriplegic MP.
nounˌkwädrəˈplējikˌkwɑdrəˈplidʒɪk
A person affected by paralysis of all four limbs.
a car accident left him a quadriplegic
Example sentencesExamples
- He became a quadriplegic as a result of that accident.
- He's a C5 quadriplegic, and has been for nine years.
- For the next 29 years, he lived the life of a quadriplegic.
- He was a recovering quadriplegic, and rehab was his life.
- The devices might allow quadriplegics to move limbs again by sending signals from the brain to various muscles.
- He dived into the water and hit a sandbank and was rendered a quadriplegic.
- At 17, a careless dive into shallow water left her a quadriplegic.
- He plays a quadriplegic who is paralysed from the neck down.
- An accident on the course left me a quadriplegic at the C5 - C6 level.
- For quadriplegics, this could allow them full use of their body again.