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tetraplegia

[ te-truh-plee-jee-uh, -juh ]

noun

Pathology.


tetraplegia

/ ˌɛٰəˈːɪə /

noun

  1. another name for quadriplegia
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٱٰˈ𲵾, adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tetraplegia1

First recorded in 1910–15; tetra- + -plegia
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tetraplegia1

from tetra- + Greek ŧ a blow, from ŧ𾱲 to strike
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When he was first injured he could only communicate by blinking and clicking, and his injury is the worst level of tetraplegia – paralysed from the neck down and on a ventilator.

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Medical professionals call it a tetraplegia spinal injury, resulting in an inability to move the upper and lower parts of the body.

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An injury that high can often affect all four limbs, called tetraplegia.

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Sirio has spastic tetraplegia, a form of cerebral palsy that affects the movement of three limbs.

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Tetra comes from the first half of tetraplegia and bond from vagabond.

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