quadriplegic
noun
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Quadriplegia is the result of injury or illness, almost always affecting the spine. Though a paraplegic has lost the use only of his or her legs, quadriplegics are paralyzed in all four limbs. Today voice-activated wheelchairs help the quadriplegic get around, and houses can be equipped with similar systems to operate lights and appliances; monkeys have even been trained to assist quadriplegics with everyday tasks. The work of the quadriplegic actor Christopher Reeve has led to remarkable advances in developing new nerve connections, enabling some determined paraplegics and quadriplegics to walk again.
Examples of quadriplegic in a Sentence
Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
In a new video, Elon Musk’s startup is offering more details about how its first human patient, a quadriplegic named Nolan Arbaugh, is using the company’s brain chip to control a laptop.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
Moving a cursor on a display furthermore required the use of a mouth stick, a specialized assistive device used by quadriplegics.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
The trial is open to patients who are quadriplegics as a result of a cervical spinal cord injury or have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
Through weaving back and forth in time, the filmmakers also examined two key moments in Christopher’s life: his casting as Clark Kent in 1978’s Superman and the life-changing injury that left him quadriplegic in 1995.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
Pamela Pinckney’s son Hakeem Pinckney became a quadriplegic after a car crash.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
In 1996, Noni — who’d long since remarried a Disney special-effects engineer and settled into a peaceful life on a ranch north of Los Angeles in Santa Clarita — became blind and a quadriplegic after a routine hysterectomy that went awry, resulting in an aneurysm, then a stroke.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2023
A little more than four years prior to Leveille’s career ending, Patriots receiver Darryl Stingley was rendered a quadriplegic on a devastating smack by notorious Raiders defensive back Jack Tatum.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2022
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“Quadriplegic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quadriplegic. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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quadriplegic
noun
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quadriplegic
1 of 2 adjective
quadriplegic
2 of 2 nouncalled also tetraplegic
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