PARAPLEGIC Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

paraplegic

adjective

as in quadriplegic

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Recent Examples of paraplegic Turek is paraplegic and uses a wheelchair due to spina bifida. — Saige Miller, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026 Someone who is paraplegic has very different needs than someone who is an ambulatory wheelchair user versus someone who lives in chronic pain. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026 On the island, the team makes the acquaintance of Rex (Hayden Chamberlain), a paraplegic dog who has been stranded there for two years and in that time has befriended the dinosaurs and constructed an elaborate treehouse for himself. — Caspar Salmon, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026 Others are blind or paraplegic, using wheelchairs, walkers or canes, like her. — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026 Amezcua recalled meeting a paraplegic woman with significant health issues who declined hospital care because, in her experience, she was treated briefly and then discharged back to the street. — Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026 Avatar sees Jake Sully, a paraplegic veteran, on a mission to the moon Pandora, in an entirely new form, adopting that of the Na'vi people. — Grace Dean, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2025 The same survey found that one resident, who was paraplegic, was left alone all night while calling out for help. — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2025 Being the first British paraplegic woman to experience zero gravity meant so much more than just the thrill of weightlessness. — Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2024

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Buckwalter, a research psychologist, became quadriplegic after a teenage diving accident and uses a wheelchair.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Leon has quadriplegic cerebral palsy, skeletal dysplasia and microcephaly.

— Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of quadriplegic

Adjective

These nonverbal characteristics are important for conveying emotion, and paralyzed people unable to move their facial muscles lose their ability to communicate in this critical dimension.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
She has been held in Tewksbury Hospital since shortly after the killings and remains partially paralyzed due to her suicide attempt.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of paralyzed

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Weighill said she was motivated to vote on issues concerning the care of people with special needs in group homes because of her special-needs child.

— Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
Roell was later accused of abusing nonverbal special-needs students at Crosby Elementary School, authorities said.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of special-needs

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