QUADRIPLEGIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quadriplegia mean? 

• QUADRIPLEGIA (noun)
  The noun QUADRIPLEGIA has 1 sense:

1. paralysis of both arms and both legs

  Familiarity information: QUADRIPLEGIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUADRIPLEGIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Paralysis of both arms and both legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("quadriplegia" is a kind of...):

palsy; paralysis (loss of the ability to move a body part)

 Context examples 

Paralysis of the arms and legs is quadriplegia.

(Paralysis, NIH)

It is characterized by spastic quadriplegia, pseudobulbar palsy and encephalopathy.

(Central Pontine Myelinolysis, NCI Thesaurus)

A team from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), set out to test whether epidural stimulation could restore some hand strength and control in people with tetraplegia, also known as quadriplegia (the loss of use of all 4 limbs).

(Spinal cord stimulation helps paralyzed people move hands, NIH)