Meanings
- not comparableOf, related to, or suffering from quadriplegia.
plural quadriplegics
- One who suffers from quadriplegia.
Their life together changed on November 13, 1983, when Kowalski was involved in a car accident that left her a quadriplegic.
1985 August 24, Marcos Bisticas-Cocoves, “Disabled Lesbian Allowed Visitation by Lover”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 7, page 1Synonyms: tetraplegic
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who suffers from quadriplegia.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπαραπληγή“the paralysis of half of the body”
- Ancient Greekπλήσσειν“to strike”
- Englishquadriplegic
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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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan quadriplègic, tetraplègic
- quadriplègicone who suffers from quadriplegia
- tetraplègicone who suffers from quadriplegia
Czech kvadruplegik
- kvadruplegikone who suffers from quadriplegia
Finnish neliraajahalvaantunut
- neliraajahalvaantunutone who suffers from quadriplegia
French tétraplégique, quadriplégique
- tétraplégiqueone who suffers from quadriplegia
- quadriplégiqueone who suffers from quadriplegia
Greek τετραπληγικός, τετραπληγική
- τετραπληγικός (tetrapligikós)one who suffers from quadriplegia
- τετραπληγική (tetrapligikí)one who suffers from quadriplegia
Māori hauā-pekewhā
- hauā-pekewhāone who suffers from quadriplegia
Portuguese tetraplégico, quadriplégico
- tetraplégicoone who suffers from quadriplegia
- quadriplégicoone who suffers from quadriplegia
Romanian tetraplegic, cvadriplegic
- tetraplegicone who suffers from quadriplegia
- cvadriplegicone who suffers from quadriplegia
Slovak kvadruplegik, tetraplegik
- kvadruplegikone who suffers from quadriplegia
- tetraplegikone who suffers from quadriplegia
Spanish cuadripléjico, tetrapléjico
- cuadripléjicoone who suffers from quadriplegia
- tetrapléjicoone who suffers from quadriplegia
- cuadraplégicoone who suffers from quadriplegia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with quadriplegic
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quadriplegic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quadriplegic
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