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
quadriplegia
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Examples of quadriplegic in a Sentence
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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’s 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 2018 These could be people that are living on ventilators or quadriplegics. — Washington Post, "The Health 202: Here are three big ways the Trump administration could put its mark on Medicaid," 16 May 2018 Welch is racing against the clock to bring awareness to her 5-year-old nonprofit foundation Freedom to Live, which provides affordable housing and independence training to quadriplegics who are mostly ventilator-dependent. — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Famed triathlete racing for quadriplegics," 17 Oct. 2017These 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
adjective
quad·ri·ple·gic
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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