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tetraplegia
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tetraplegia [ˌtɛtrəˈpliːdʒɪə]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) another name for quadriplegia
[from tetra- + Greek plegē a blow, from plēssein to strike]
tetraplegic  adj
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