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Recent Examples of paraplegia
Then, when Walter was just 5, Deramus was in a car wreck that left her in a wheelchair with paraplegia.
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Laurie Stern,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2026
Ong continues to share her story about regaining her strength after paraplegia and wrote two books called Back on My Feet and The Heart-Centredness of Medicine.
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Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
In collaboration with Fudan University’s Huashan Hospital, researchers enabled a patient with high-level paraplegia to control a smart wheelchair and a robotic dog.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Dec. 2025
Users with paraplegia can easily transfer into the suit directly from their wheelchair, ensuring exceptional usability for people with disabilities.
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IEEE Spectrum,
15 Nov. 2024
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Laurie Stern,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2026
Ong continues to share her story about regaining her strength after paraplegia and wrote two books called Back on My Feet and The Heart-Centredness of Medicine.
—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
In collaboration with Fudan University’s Huashan Hospital, researchers enabled a patient with high-level paraplegia to control a smart wheelchair and a robotic dog.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Dec. 2025
Users with paraplegia can easily transfer into the suit directly from their wheelchair, ensuring exceptional usability for people with disabilities.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for paraplegia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paraplegia
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Porter remains the only player in program history to suffer from quadriplegia as a result of an injury in a game or practice.
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Ferguson prescribed 120 milligrams of oxycodone per day to two patients — one for chronic pain and partial quadriplegia following an accident, and another for ankle and shoulder pain.
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Rupert was transported to the hospital and genetic testing led to him being diagnosed with alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) in January 2026.
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About a third experience some form of aura beforehand, often accompanied by debilitating symptoms from vomiting to vertigo, or, in worse cases, temporary blindness or hemiplegia, a paralysis down one side of the body.
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Two of the rats were paralyzed and unable to reach food or water, and a third had paresis and had trouble moving.
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After she was diagnosed with paresis, Ms. Dhegrae threw herself into research, spending up to 20 hours a day trawling through scientific journals and poring over her own medical history.
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Many of those affected were elderly residents or people with disabilities living on the fourth and fifth floors of the building.
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Fernandez later died from her injuries and Puig suffered a traumatic brain injury that left her with a lifetime of disabilities.
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Walker was diagnosed with a rare form of cerebral palsy (spastic diplegia) at 18 months, forcing him to wear leg braces throughout his childhood.
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Spastic diplegia primarily involves the legs, often causing stiff hip and leg muscles.
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The lawsuit emphasizes that the rule could force doctors to make complex work impairment assessments and lead to eligible individuals losing vital healthcare, shifting costs and confusion onto states.
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After observing signs of impairment, the officers arrested the driver, the state patrol says.
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“Paraplegia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paraplegia. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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