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quadriplegia

Syllables: quad·ri·ple·giaUK/ˌkwɒdɹɪˈpliːd͡ʒə/US/ˌkwɑdɹɪˈplid͡ʒə/

quadriplegia noun: paralysis from the neck down.

Noun

quadriplegia (countable and uncountable, plural quadriplegias)

  1. Paralysis from the neck down.
  2. Paralysis of all four limbs.

quadriplegia meaning in Tamil and Bengali

quadriplegia in Tamil

நாலங்கவாதம்

quadriplegia in Bengali

শরীরের চারটি অঙ্গপ্রত্যঙ্গেরই পক্ষাঘাত

Synonyms of quadriplegia

Forms of quadriplegia

pluralquadriplegias

Origin of quadriplegia

From quadri- (“four”) + -plegia, from Ancient Greek πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”); probably patterned after paraplegia.

Questions about quadriplegia

What does quadriplegia mean?
Quadriplegia means paralysis from the neck down.
What is quadriplegia in Tamil?
Quadriplegia in Tamil is நாலங்கவாதம். See Quadriplegia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is quadriplegia?
Quadriplegia is a noun.
How do you pronounce quadriplegia?
Quadriplegia is pronounced /ˌkwɑdɹɪˈplid͡ʒə/ (US).
What is the plural of quadriplegia?
The plural of quadriplegia is quadriplegias.

Words near quadriplegia in the dictionary

  1. quadriphosphates
  2. quadriphyllous
  3. quadripinnate
  4. quadriplanar
  5. quadriplane
  6. quadriplegia
  7. quadriplegias
  8. quadriplegic
  9. quadriplegics
  10. quadriplex
  11. quadriplicate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quadriplegia (page history and authors); quadriplegia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quadriplegia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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