1. Character Quotes
  2. wheelchair vs paraplegic

different between wheelchair vs paraplegic

wheelchair

English

Alternative forms

  • wheel-chair

Etymology

From wheel +? chair.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?wi?lt????(?)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?(h)wilt????/

Noun

wheelchair (plural wheelchairs)

  1. A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
  2. (attributive) Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
  3. (by extension) Any device involving wheels designed to assist a non-human animal with locomotion.
    • 2020 March 1, Gabe Bergado, “Watch this tortoise zip around town in a giant wheelchair”, The Daily Dot:
      To build the wheelchair, Dale Ryder attached wheels from a toy plane to an axle that fits over Mrs. T’s shell.

Related terms

  • wheelchair lift
  • wheelchair sport
  • wheelchair user

Translations

wheelchair From the web:

  • what wheelchairs are covered by medicare
  • what wheelchairs will medicare pay for
  • what wheelchair is right for me
  • what wheelchairs does medicare cover
  • what wheelchair do i need
  • what wheelchair does medicare pay for
  • what wheelchairs are available on nhs
  • what wheelchair sports are there

paraplegic

English

Etymology

para- +? -plegic

Pronunciation

  • (General American), IPA(key): /?p????plid???k/
  • Rhymes: -i?d??k

Adjective

paraplegic (not comparable)

  1. Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia.

Translations

Noun

paraplegic (plural paraplegics)

  1. A person who suffers from paraplegia.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French paraplégique

Adjective

paraplegic m or n (feminine singular paraplegic?, masculine plural paraplegici, feminine and neuter plural paraplegice)

  1. paraplegic

Declension

paraplegic From the web:

  • what paraplegic means
  • paraplegic what does it means
  • what is paraplegic patient
  • what's a paraplegic person
  • what does paraplegic
  • what is paraplegic immobility syndrome
  • paraplegia causes
  • what does paraplegic mean in medical terms
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like

Copyright © 2024 Quotes