different between paraplegia vs quadriplegia

English

Etymology

From New Latin paraplegia, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (parapl?gí?), Ionic Greek for ?????????? (parapl?xía, “paralysis on one side”), from ?????????????? (parapl?ssesthai, “to be stricken on one side”), active ???????????? (parapl?ssein, “to strike on one side”), from ???? (pará, “beside”) + ???????? (pl?ssein, “to strike”).

Noun

paraplegia (countable and uncountable, plural paraplegias)

1. (pathology) A condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move.

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Further reading

• paraplegia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• paraplegia in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• paraplegia at OneLook Dictionary Search

Esperanto

Etymology

From paraplegio (“paraplegia”) +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paraple??ia/
• Hyphenation: pa?ra?ple?gi?a
• Rhymes: -ia

Adjective

paraplegia (accusative singular paraplegian, plural paraplegiaj, accusative plural paraplegiajn)

1. of or related to paraplegia, paraplegic
2. (of a, person) having paraplegia, paraplegic

Related terms

• paraplegiulo (“someone with paraplegia, a paraplegic”)

Interlingua

Noun

paraplegia (uncountable)

1. paraplegia

Italian

Noun

paraplegia f (plural paraplegie)

1. (pathology) paraplegia

Derived terms

• paraplegico

Portuguese

Noun

paraplegia f (plural paraplegias)

1. (pathology) paraplegia (condition of being paralysed from the waist down)

Derived terms

• paraplégico

English

Etymology

Latin quadri- (“four”) +? plegia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (pl?ssein, “to strike”); probably patterned after paraplegia.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kw?d???plid???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kw?d???pli?d???/
• Hyphenation: quad?ri?ple?gia

Noun

quadriplegia (countable and uncountable, plural quadriplegias)

1. paralysis from the neck down
2. paralysis of all four limbs

Synonyms

• tetraplegia

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Italian

Etymology

From quadri- +? -plegia.

Noun

quadriplegia f (plural quadriplegie)

1. quadriplegia

   Synonym: tetraplegia

Derived terms

• quadriplegico