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Quadriplegic

Definition: Quadriplegic

Quadriplegic

Noun

1. A person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Commercial Usage: Quadriplegic

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Books

  • By accident : a quadriplegic faces life (reference)

  • Journey to the Magical City: A Quadriplegic Person's Reflections on Suffering & Love (reference)

  • Manual on Management of the Quadriplegic Upper Extremity (reference)

  • On Wings of Joy: Reflections of a Quadriplegic Trapeze Artist (reference)

  • Physical Management of the Quadriplegic Patient (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Paraplegic & Quadriplegic Association Of New South Wales Membership (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Quadriplegic

Computer Images:
Quadriplegic

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Usage Frequency: Quadriplegic

"Quadriplegic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Quadriplegic" is used about 6 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%6143,867

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Quadriplegic

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

quadriplegic

93

chair quadriplegic wheel woman

12

chair devotee quadriplegic wheel woman

10

quadriplegic woman

5

page quadriplegic web

5

constipation in quadriplegic

4

quadriplegic life

3

quadriplegic sex

3

quadriplegic site web

2

foundation quadriplegic

2

pain quadriplegic severe

2

picture quadriplegic

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Quadriplegic

Language Translations for "quadriplegic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

tetraplegisch, tetraplegiker, an allen Gliedern gelähmt. (various references)

   

Italian

  

quadriplegico. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adriplegicquay

   

Russian 

  

квадриплегичный, паралитик (paralytic). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

paralítico (palsied, paralytic), cuadriple/gico. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ที่เป็นอัมพาตใช้แขนและขาไม่ไ"้. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Quadriplegic

Derivations

Words beginning with "quadriplegic": quadriplegics. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Quadriplegic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: qaudraplegic, qaudriplegic, quadfriplegic, quadraplegic, quadrillage, quadrilogue, quadripleagic, quadruplegic, quariplegic. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Quadriplegic"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "quadriplegic" (pronounced kwÄ'druplē"jik)
8-r u p l ē" j i kparaplegic.
4-ē" j i knonstrategic, strategic.
3-j i kallergic, analogic, biologic, demagogic, geologic, gynecologic, illogic, lethargic, logic, magic, neurologic, nostalgic, pelagic, technologic, tragic.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Quadriplegic

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-g-i-i-l-p-q-r-u"

-3 letters: regicidal.

-4 letters: acquired, algicide, auricled, cliquier, diplegia, epidural, peculiar, peridial, pulicide, ridicule.

-5 letters: acquire, apiculi, auricle, caliper, calqued, claquer, cliqued, clupeid, decrial, deliria, earplug, gaudier, glacier, gladier, glaired, gracile, graupel, guilder, gulpier, lacquer, pagurid, peculia, pelagic, peracid, peridia, plagued, plaguer, predial, pudgier, quadric, quailed, querida, radicel, radicle, replica, upgrade, uredial.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-g-i-i-l-p-q-r-u"
 

+1 letter: quadriplegics.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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