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Definition: Quadriplegia |
QuadriplegiaNoun1. Paralysis of both arms and both legs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Severe or complete loss of motor function in all four limbs which may result from brain diseases; spinal cord diseases; peripheral nervous system diseases; neuromuscular diseases; or rarely muscular diseases. The locked-in syndrome is characterized by quadriplegia in combination with cranial muscle paralysis. Consciousness is spared and the only retained voluntary motor activity may be limited eye movements. This condition is usually caused by a lesion in the upper brain stem which injures the descending cortico-spinal and cortico-bulbar tracts. (references) |
Medicine | In quadriplegia, all four limbs are affected. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Health | Mental impairment is even more common among children with spastic quadriplegia. (references) | |
Motor ability varies, ranging from clumsiness in some to spastic quadriplegia in others. (references) | ||
Symptoms may include hydrocephalus, spastic quadriplegia (paralysis of all 4 limbs), developmental delay, microcephaly, vision problems, mental and growth retardation, ataxia, and seizures. (references) | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
quadriplegia | 37 |
quadriplegia spastic | 5 |
cerebral palsy quadriplegia spastic | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "quadriplegia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | posttraumatisk quadriplegi (post-traumatic quadriplegia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | posttraumatische quadriplegie (post-traumatic quadriplegia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | neliraajahalvaus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | quadriplégie, tétraplégie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Tetraplegie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | négy végtag bénulása, kvadriplégia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tetraplegia post traumatica (post-traumatic quadriplegia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adriplegiaquay тетраплегия. (various references) kvadriplegi. (various references) คนที่เป็นอัมพาตใช้แขนและขาไม่ไ"้. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "quadriplegia": quadriplegias. (additional references) | |
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"Quadriplegia" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: quadraplegia, quadrillage, quadrilogue, quadrophenia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-g-i-i-l-p-q-r-u" | |
-3 letters: aquilegia, quadrigae. | |
-4 letters: diplegia, epidural, peridial, praedial, quadriga. | |
-5 letters: deliria, earplug, gaudier, gladier, glaired, gradual, graupel, guilder, gulpier, pagurid, peridia, piragua, plagued, plaguer, predial, pudgier, quailed, querida, radiale, radulae, regalia, upgrade, uredial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-g-i-i-l-p-q-r-u" | |
+1 letter: quadriplegias. | |
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