quadriplegic

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαραπληγή“the paralysis of half of the body”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromπλήσσειν“to strike”
3. English todayquadriplegic

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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