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quadriplegic

adjective as in paralytic

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The brain damage the boy suffered is permanent, doctors reported, causing him to be a quadriplegic, blind and unable to talk, walk or eat on his own.

After coming out of the coma, he was quadriplegic, struggled to communicate and needed constant care.

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Luis Cervantes chose to move home after recovering from a car accident that made him a quadriplegic.

Because Jenina, now quadriplegic, still needs care throughout the night, “I get maybe five hours of sleep a night. ... And when I’m tired that can compromise her safety,” Tyler Marik said.

When I met her she was a paraplegic; eventually she became a quadriplegic.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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