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quadriplegic

Syllables: quad·ri·ple·gicUK/ˌkwɒd.ɹɪˈp(ə)liː.dʒɪk/US/ˌkwɑdɹɪˈp(ə)lid͡ʒɪk/

quadriplegic adjective: of, related to, or suffering from quadriplegia.

Adjective

quadriplegic (not comparable)

  1. Of, related to, or suffering from quadriplegia.

Noun

quadriplegic (plural quadriplegics)

  1. 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 1
    Synonyms:
    tetraplegic

quadriplegic meaning in Bengali

quadriplegic in Bengali

কোয়াড্রিপ্লেজিয়ার সাথে সম্পর্কিত, বা এতে আক্রান্ত, যিনি কোয়াড্রিপ্লেজিয়াতে ভুগছেন

Synonyms of quadriplegic

Forms of quadriplegic

pluralquadriplegics

Origin of quadriplegic

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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Words that rhyme with quadriplegic

Questions about quadriplegic

What does quadriplegic mean?
Quadriplegic means of, related to, or suffering from quadriplegia.
What is quadriplegic in Bengali?
Quadriplegic in Bengali is কোয়াড্রিপ্লেজিয়ার সাথে সম্পর্কিত, বা এতে আক্রান্ত, যিনি কোয়াড্রিপ্লেজিয়াতে ভুগছেন. See Quadriplegic meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is quadriplegic?
Quadriplegic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce quadriplegic?
Quadriplegic is pronounced /ˌkwɒd.ɹɪˈp(ə)liː.dʒɪk/ (UK).

Words near quadriplegic in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quadriplegic (page history and authors); quadriplegic (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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