quadriplegic
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Definition of quadriplegic
: one affected with partial or complete paralysis of both the arms and legs especially as a result of spinal cord injury or disease in the region of the neck
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Other Words from quadriplegic
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Examples of quadriplegic in a Sentence
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Neuralink, a startup founded by Musk, says the devices can be used by those seeking a memory boost or by stroke victims, cancer patients, quadriplegics or others with congenital defects. — Michael Scaturro, CNN, "Elon Musk is making implants to link the brain with a smartphone," 17 July 2019 Neuralink, a startup founded by Musk, says the devices can be used by those seeking a memory boost or by stroke victims, cancer patients, quadriplegics or others with congenital defects. — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, "Watch: Elon Musk is making implants to link the brain with a smartphone," 17 July 2019 Musk hopes the implant, created by his brain-computer interface startup Neuralink, could one day help quadriplegics control smartphones, and perhaps even endow users with a sort of telepathy. — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, "Elon Musk hopes to put a computer chip in your brain. Who wants one?," 22 July 2019 Musk hopes the implant, created by his brain-computer interface startup Neuralink, could one day help quadriplegics control smartphones, and perhaps even endow users with a sort of telepathy. — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, "Elon Musk hopes to put a computer chip in your brain. Who wants one?," 22 July 2019 Musk hopes the implant, created by his brain-computer interface startup Neuralink, could one day help quadriplegics control smartphones, and perhaps even endow users with a sort of telepathy. — Rachel Metz, CNN, "Elon Musk hopes to put a computer chip in your brain. Who wants one?," 20 July 2019 Researchers with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency already have been able to create interfaces allowing quadriplegics to independently manipulate robot arms to perform manual tasks like drinking. — John Markoff, New York Times, "Elon Musk鈥檚 Company Takes Baby Steps to Wiring Brains to the Internet," 16 July 2019 Claflin knows this is a far cry from his popular role as Will Traynor, the upper-class quadriplegic who falls in love with Emilia Clarke's Lou in the 2016 romantic drama Me Before You. — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, "Why 'Adrift' heartthrob Sam Claflin looks so fierce: 'It's the side of me no one has seen'," 31 May 2018 This might benefit people with paralysis, such as quadriplegics, or people with movement disorders. — Elena Weissmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Urban horse therapy program coming to Milwaukee's Bay View area will be first of its kind," 4 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'quadriplegic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for quadriplegic
quadriplegic
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Medical Definition of quadriplegic
(Entry 1 of 2)
: of, relating to, or affected with quadriplegia
quadriplegic patients
quadriplegic
nounMedical Definition of quadriplegic (Entry 2 of 2)
: one affected with quadriplegia
— called also tetraplegic