different between quadriplegia vs paralysis

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

Related terms

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From quadri- +? -plegia.

Noun

quadriplegia f (plural quadriplegie)

1. quadriplegia

   Synonym: tetraplegia

Derived terms

• quadriplegico

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek ????????? (parálusis, “palsy”), from ????????? (paralúein, “to disable on one side”), from ???? (pará, “beside”) + ????? (lúein, “loosen”). Doublet of palsy.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /p???æl?s?s/

Noun

paralysis (countable and uncountable, plural paralyses)

1. (pathology) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs.
2. A state of being unable to act.

Synonyms

• immobility
• palsy

Derived terms

Related terms

• paralyse/paralyze
• paralytic

Translations

See also

• paraplegia
• quadriplegia

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (parálusis, “palsy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa?ra.ly.sis/, [pä??äl?s??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa?ra.li.sis/, [p?????lis?is]

Noun

paralysis f (genitive paralysis or paralyse?s or paralysios); third declension

1. paralysis, palsy

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

• English: palsy, paralysis

References

• paralysis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paralysis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette