quadraplegic

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quadraplegic

(ˌkwɒdrəˈpliːdʒɪk)
n, adj
(Pathology) another spelling of quadriplegic
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This incident takes on a personal meaning for Pete, who is a quadraplegic and was helped by Warwickshire Air Ambulance.
Jake Hodge ,23, of Stocksfield who has chronic respiratory failure and quadraplegic cerebral palsy.
Samuel Wright, who suffered a brain injury after complications with his birth and was left with quadraplegic cerebral palsy.
"I will be quadraplegic, I could be virtually catatonic and in a locked-in syndrome - that to me would be a living hell," he says.
He first appeared in 2012 accused of fraud and theft but the case was delayed when he claimed to have been left a comatose quadraplegic after a garage door injured his neck.
MR SHUSH IN THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD DESPITE being crammed with zingy dialogue, fab acting and a scene-stealing Christopher Walken as a quadraplegic crime boss, it's Steve Buscemi's cameo as a silent assassin that sticks in the memory.
They raised pounds 60,000 to get quadraplegic Martin "Kano" Kane home after he was struck down by a debilitating disease in Australia.
QUADRAPLEGIC detective Lincoln Rhyme could be on his way to Birmingham - to crack a tough murder case that has the local police baf-fled.
Michael Corbett, who has not walked since the accident left him a quadraplegic in 1975, will be shouldered up the three mile hike on a speciallymade steel stretcher today.
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