Quadriplegia
(noun)
Paralysis of all four limbs, typically caused by damage to the spinal cord.
Origin:
From latin quadri- (four) + plaga (stroke) + -ia (condition).
Examples:
- The accident left him with quadriplegia.
- He was diagnosed with quadriplegia after the fall.
- The patient's quadriplegia was caused by a spinal cord injury.
- The quadriplegia patient required a wheelchair to move around.
- The doctors were treating the quadriplegia case.