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paraplegic::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | handicapped person |
paraplegic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Derivation | paraplegia |
Examples of paraplegic
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Hayward has been paraplegic and bound to a wheelchair since a car accident at 16.
From the theatlantic.com
If successful, he'll be the first paraplegic to summit the mountain unassisted.
From the sltrib.com
Pietro was left with a spinal cord injury that made her a paraplegic at age 23.
From the us.cnn.com
Left paraplegic after a car accident, Doyle was classified as a 1 point player.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The daughter, who has cerebral palsy, is a paraplegic and can barely communicate.
From the washingtonpost.com
The paraplegic athlete struggled to get into the bathrooms at Kennedy Airport.
From the kentucky.com
Daughter Katherine is now 23 and a paraplegic, but is making the most of life.
From the themercury.com.au
The younger Torregiani also took a bullet that day and ended up a paraplegic.
From the newsweek.com
First there's 60-something Lickabu, a paraplegic since a childhood bout with polio.
From the latimes.com
- A person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down)
- Suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord
- Paraplegia is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek: u03C0u03B1u03C1u03B1u03C0u03BBu03B7u03B3u03AFu03B7 "half-striking". It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition such as spina bifida that affects the neural elements of the spinal canal. The area of the spinal canal that is affected in paraplegia is either the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral regions...
- (paraplegia) A condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move
- (paraplegia) loss of movement and sensation in both legs.
- (Paraplegia) Spinal cord injury below the cervical level, affecting lower body function.
- (Paraplegia) Refers to substantial or total loss of function in the lower part of the body only.
- (Paraplegia) A type of Spastic Cerebral Palsy that affects the legs or lower extremities.
- (Paraplegia) Severe weakness or paralysis in the legs, often accompanied by loss of bowel/bladder control. Paraplegia can result from a severe trauma to the spine from below the neck.
