Wheelchair

Definition: Wheelchair

Wheelchair

Noun

1. A movable chair mounted on large wheels; for invalids or those who cannot walk; frequently propelled by the occupant.

Date "wheelchair" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1960. (references)

Crosswords: Wheelchair

English words defined with "wheelchair": bath chair ♦ cry ♦ motorized wheelchair ♦ weep. (references)

Specialty definitions using "wheelchair": BABY-STROLLER AND WHEELCHAIR RENTAL CLERK ♦ CUSTOM VAN CONVERTER ♦ escort, patients ♦ health unit clerk, HOME ATTENDANT, home health aide ♦ nurse aide, NURSE ASSISTANT ♦ stroller rental clerk ♦ TRANSPORTER, PATIENTS ♦ UNIT CLERK ♦ ward clerk, wheelchair and baby-stroller rental clerk, wheelchair ramp, wheelchair repairer. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Wheelchair

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A wheelchair is a device used for mobility by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible, due to illness or disability.

It typically consists of a seat supported on two large wheels on an axle attached towards the back of the seat and two small wheels near the feet, though there are often small additional features to prevent toppling or to assist mounting curbs. The person moves by pushing with his/her hands circular bars on the outside of the large wheels with a diameter that is slightly less than that of the wheels, or by actuating motors, usually with a joystick.

Experiments have also been made with unusual variant wheels, like the omniwheel or the mecanum wheel. These allow more directional movement options.

Disabled athletes use streamlined sport wheelchairs for racing.

Adapting the built environment to make it more accessible to wheelchair users is one of the key campaigns of disability rights movements. (See, for example, ultra low floor trams and buses.)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Wheelchair."

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Modern Usage: Wheelchair

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I don't need a goddamn wheelchair! (Die Another Day; writing credit: Neal Purvis) Common sense and a guy in a wheelchair. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) (to Dr. Noland) What's next, Doctor? A wheelchair slalom on the ambulance ramp? (Temperatures Rising; writing credit: Art Baer; Joseph Bonaduce) (Laura pushes Nellie down the hill in her wheelchair) You're a good friend, Nellie! (Little House on the Prairie; writing credit: Arthur Heinemann; John Hawkins) Yeah, well on that day I'm gonna jump outta my wheelchair and do a dance! (Empire Records; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen)
Movie/TV Titles	The Wheelchair (1977)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Wheelchair

Domain	Title
Books	Life on Wheels: For the Active Wheelchair User (reference) Rollin' on: A Wheelchair Guide to U.S. Cities (reference) Rolling Along: The Story of Taylor and His Wheelchair (reference) Wheelchair Around the World (reference) Wheelchair Basketball (Wheelchair Sports) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Improved Wheelchair & Seating Design (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	ROM Dance: A Range of Motion Exercise and Relaxation Program (Seated Version for Wheelchair Use) (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Wheelchair

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Photo Album: Wheelchair

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shown are several different shots of an NIH employee, Shana Malone in her working environment. Shana works while seated in a wheelchair and can walk with the assistance of crutches.Credit: Ernie Branson (photographer).		Susan Creek barrier-free trail for wheelchair accessability.Credit: Susan Creek Trail.
	Steens Rim Run wheelchair participant, Wade Bissonnett, on North Steens Loop Rd.Credit: Scott Moore.		[Patient in wheelchair outside the Clinical Center] p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Jerry Hecht..
	U.S. Quarantine Station, Honolulu, Hawaii. : Meningitis patient in wheelchair.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Palm Beach, Fla., bicycles and wheelchair path between Poinciana and Breakers.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Wheelchair

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Make sure that wheelchair users can reach the toilet easily. (references)
		Another solution could be widening a bathroom door to fit a wheelchair. (references)
		It can leave individuals seriously disabled and confined to a wheelchair. (references)
Children	Micronesia	Some private businesses provide special parking spaces and wheelchair ramps for the disabled. (references)
	Tunisia	Many cities, including the capital, have begun to install wheelchair access ramps on city sidewalks. (references)
	Kazakhstan	There have been some improvements to facilitate access in Almaty and Astana, such as wheelchair ramps. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Wheelchair

"Wheelchair" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.18% of the time. "Wheelchair" is used about 566 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	97.18%	550	11,313
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.23%	7	133,076
Noun (proper)	1.06%	6	143,867
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.53%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	566	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Wheelchair

Expressions using "wheelchair": motorized wheelchair ♦ wheelchair accessible ♦ wheelchair olympics ♦ wheelchair ramp. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "wheelchair": wheelchair-accessible, wheelchair-bound, wheelchair-ramps, wheelchair-to-wheelchair, wheelchair-user, wheelchair-users.
	Ending with "wheelchair": wheelchair-to-wheelchair.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Wheelchair

Language		Translations for "wheelchair"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		karrocë invalidësh. (various references)

Arabic		‏كرسي للمقعدين. (various references)

Bulgarian		инвалидна количка. (various references)

Chinese		轮椅. (various references)

Czech		koleèková židle, invalidní vozík. (various references)

Danish		manuelt dreven kørestol (manually propelled wheelchair). (various references)

Dutch		met de hand aangedreven rolstoel (manually propelled wheelchair). (various references)

Farsi		صندلی چرخ دار. (various references)

French		fauteuil roulant (wheel chair). (various references)

German		Rollstuhl (bathchair, invalid chair, roll chair, wheel chair). (various references)

Greek		αναπηρική καρέκλα (invalid chair). (various references)

Hungarian		tolószék (bath chair, invalid chair). (various references)

Italian		sedia a rotelle (roll chair, wheel chair). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		車椅子 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		くるまいす. (various references)

Korean		휠체어. (various references)

Manx		caair wheeylagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		eelchairwhay

Portuguese		cadeira de rodas. (various references)

Romanian		scaun rulant. (various references)

Russian		инвалидное кресло. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		invalidska kolica (bath chair). (various references)

Spanish		silla de ruedas (bath chair, wheel chair). (various references)

Swedish		rullstol (invalid chair). (various references)

Turkish		tekerlekli sandalye (bath chair, invalid chair, pushchair, rolling chair). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Wheelchair

Derivations
	Words beginning with "wheelchair": wheelchairs. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Wheelchair"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "wheelchair" (pronounced wē"lkhe'r or hwē"lkhe'r)
3	-kh e' r	armchair.
3	-kh e' r	armchair.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Wheelchair

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-h-i-l-r-w"
	-2 letters: clerihew, leachier.
	-3 letters: charlie, chewier, leacher, welcher.
	-4 letters: achier, archil, awhile, awhirl, cahier, ceiler, cereal, chaleh, chawer, chelae, chewer, chiral, clawer, crewel, eclair, hailer, healer, heehaw, heliac, lacier, lecher, lechwe, lichee, rechew, relace, wailer, whaler.
	-5 letters: aerie, areic, ariel, carle, ceria, chair, chare, cheer, chela, chiel, chile, clear, crawl, creel, erica, haler, hewer, hilar.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-h-h-i-l-r-w"
	+1 letter: wheelchairs.
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