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tetraplegic

tetraplegic noun: a quadriplegic.

Noun

tetraplegic (plural tetraplegics)

  1. A quadriplegic.

tetraplegic meaning in Tamil

tetraplegic in Tamil

முடக்குவாத

Forms of tetraplegic

pluraltetraplegics

Origin of tetraplegic

From tetra- 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”).

Questions about tetraplegic

What does tetraplegic mean?
Tetraplegic means a quadriplegic.
What is tetraplegic in Tamil?
Tetraplegic in Tamil is முடக்குவாத. See Tetraplegic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tetraplegic?
Tetraplegic is a noun.
What is the plural of tetraplegic?
The plural of tetraplegic is tetraplegics.

Words near tetraplegic in the dictionary

  1. tetrapla
  2. tetraplas
  3. tetraplatinum
  4. tetraplegia
  5. tetraplegias
  6. tetraplegic
  7. tetraplegics
  8. tetraples
  9. tetraplet
  10. tetraplets
  11. tetraplex

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tetraplegic (page history and authors); tetraplegic (Tamil 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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