Meanings
nounquadriplegia (countable and uncountable, plural quadriplegias)
plural quadriplegias
- countableuncountableParalysis of all four limbs.
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Origin
- Ancient Greekπλήσσειν“to strike”
- Englishquadriplegia
From quadri- (“four”) + -plegia, from Ancient Greek πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”); probably patterned after paraplegia.
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Catalan tetraplegia
- tetraplegiaparalysis of all four limbs
Czech kvadruplegie
- kvadruplegieparalysis of all four limbs
Finnish neliraajahalvaus
- neliraajahalvausparalysis from the neck down
French quadriplégie, tétraplégie
- quadriplégieparalysis of all four limbs
- tétraplégieparalysis of all four limbs
German Quadriplegie, Tetraplegie
- Quadriplegieparalysis of all four limbs
- Tetraplegieparalysis of all four limbs
Icelandic lömun allra útlima, allömun útlima
- lömun allra útlimaparalysis of all four limbs
- allömun útlimaparalysis of all four limbs
- lömun á höndum og fótumparalysis of all four limbs
Romanian tetraplegie, cvadriplegie
- tetraplegieparalysis of all four limbs
- cvadriplegieparalysis of all four limbs
Slovak kvadruplégia
- kvadruplégiaparalysis of all four limbs
Spanish tetraplejia, tetraplejía
- tetraplejiaparalysis of all four limbs
- tetraplejíaparalysis of all four limbs
- cuadriplejiaparalysis of all four limbs
- cuadriplejíaparalysis of all four limbs
- cuadraplejiaparalysis of all four limbs
- cuadraplejíaparalysis of all four limbs
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quadriplegia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quadriplegia
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“quadriplegia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quadriplegia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quadriplegia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quadriplegia.
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