QUADRIPLEGIC Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

quadriplegic

adjective

Definition of quadriplegic

as in paraplegic

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Recent Examples of quadriplegic Some were recovering from surgery; others were quadriplegic or in palliative care. — Rachel Nuwer, Quanta Magazine, 17 July 2026 Aariana Rose Philip is an Antiguan American model and musician who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy. — Aariana Rose Philip, Vogue, 4 May 2026 The man who died was a quadriplegic, unable to escape on his own. — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 Sharod Knox has lived this way since a 2002 shooting left him quadriplegic and dependent on a ventilator. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025 Here’s one his many Se7en knockoffs, this one based on a series of novels about a quadriplegic cop, played by Washington, who teams with a rookie cop (Angelina Jolie) to take down a serial killer. — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025

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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

Definition of paraplegic

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Lasko suffered the spinal cord injury in a collision with a teammate June 30 that left him paralyzed from the chest down, with both arms affected, too.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
The former labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston then jumped from a second-story window in an apparent suicide attempt, which left her paralyzed from the waist down.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026

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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
The couple had a son, Colin, and founded The Denver Foundation to help special-needs children after Colin was diagnosed with severe autism.

— Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

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