WHEELCHAIRS

"WHEELCHAIRS" is a plural of: wheelchair.

Health

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Synonym: WHEELCHAIRS

Crosswords: WHEELCHAIRS

Sometimes they think it's a high school with wheelchairs. (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramón De España)

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References

• The World Market for Wheelchairs and Their Parts: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Gentle Yoga: For People With Arthritis, Stroke Damage, M.S., or People in Wheelchairs (reference)

• How to Select and Use Manual Wheelchairs (reference)

• Move Over, Wheelchairs Coming Through! (reference)

• Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence (reference)

• Some Kids Use Wheelchairs (Understanding Differences) (reference)

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U.S. American National Red Cross Hospital No.4, Liverpool, England. : Wounded Soldiers in wheelchairs. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"During the many long weeks of healing the patients must use wheelchairs and crutches until they learn how to walk with a synthetic limb. Shown is PFC Charles Moody of Institute, West Virginia, who was injured near Taegu, Korea, while serving with the First Cavalry Division." Photograph was probably taken at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, DC. Quoted sentences are from the original caption, released with the photo on 1 February 1951. Credit: NAVY.

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Health

Many individuals with SB will need assistive devices such as braces, crutches, or wheelchairs. (references)

Occupational therapists can suggest devices such as ramps, braces, walkers, and wheelchairs that help patients conserve energy and remain mobile. (references)

Physiatrists and physical therapists teach paralyzed patients techniques for using assistive devices such as wheelchairs, canes, or braces as effectively as possible. (references)

Business

In France, a special regulation applies for wheelchairs. (references)

The annual need for wheelchairs is therefore 200,000 units. (references)

There are an estimated 70,000 wheelchairs sold each year in France. (references)

Children

Ethiopia

Wheelchairs are rare in the country. (references)

Oman

Students in wheelchairs have easy access to Sultan Qaboos University. (references)

Japan

Some prefectural governments provided subsidies to companies that employed persons who used wheelchairs. (references)

Trade

Laos

MOST GOODS ARE ASSESSED AT THE HIGHER 10% RATE; GOODS CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION (SUCH AS AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT, POWER TOOLS, AND CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; FABRIC AND COTTON THREAD) ARE ASSESSED AT 5%. TAX-EXEMPT GOODS INCLUDE RICE; FERTILIZER AND ANIMAL FEED; FIRE TRUCKS AND WHEELCHAIRS. (references)

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French

dispositif élévateur pour fauteuils roulants (hoisting device for wheelchairs). (various references)

German

Rollstühle (wheel chairs). (various references)

Pig Latin

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: wheelchair.

-2 letters: clerihews.

-3 letters: charlies, chiseler, clerihew, eschewal, leachers, leachier, schliere, welchers, wiseacre.

-4 letters: archils, cahiers, carlish, cashier, ceilers, cereals, chalehs, charlie, chawers, cherish, chewers, chewier, claries, clasher, clawers, crewels, eclairs, hailers, healers, heehaws, helices, larches, leacher, leaches, lechers, lechwes, lichees, reaches, realise, rechews, relaces, rescale, rhachis, scalier, sclerae, shalier, wailers, washier, wearies, wearish.