quadriplegic
IPA: kwɑdrʌpɫˈidʒɪk
noun
- One who suffers from quadriplegia.
adjective
- Of, related to, or suffering from quadriplegia.
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Examples of "quadriplegic" in Sentences
- Jason Street's attempts to adjust to life as a quadriplegic.
- All true, but deporting a quadriplegic is not very good optics nor is it very sporting.
- Up until this point, I had been a quadriplegic, meaning that all four limbs had been affected.
- One of the voters, Ralph Vanzant, is described as a quadriplegic who must vote absentee every year.
- She knew that I had been a quadriplegic for 30 years and had endured many other significant losses.
- He is now handicapped, a quadriplegic, due to the surgery, she says, adding he has many health complications.
- That may sound like an oxymoron, but once you've seen wheelchair rugby, you'll understand the word quadriplegic in a different way.
- Billy Burke, Engine Co. 21, who perished in the North Tower after refusing to leave the side of Ed Beyea, a computer programmer and wheelchair-bound quadriplegic.
- He also cites actor Christopher Reeve, who Denenberg says "transformed himself from a celebrity who played Superman into a real hero" following an equestrian accident that left him a quadriplegic until his death in 2004.
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