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Quadriplegia

Paralysis of all four limbs, both arms and both legs, as from a high spinal cord accident or stroke.

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Paralysis of all four limbs. SYN: tetraplegia. [quadri- + G. plege, stroke]

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quad·ri·ple·gia .kwäd-rə-'plē-j(ē-)ə n paralysis of all four limbs called also tetraplegia

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n.

paralysis affecting all four limbs.

• quadriplegic adj. n.

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quad·ri·ple·gia (kwod″rĭ-pleґjə) [quadri- + -plegia] paralysis of all four limbs; called also tetraplegia.

Medical dictionary. 2011.