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quadriplegia

kwod-rih-PLEE-jee-uh

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Definition

Paralysis of all four limbs

PathologyNervous

Breakdown

Prefix

quadri-

four

Suffix

-plegia

paralysis

Etymology

Latin: quadri- (four) + -plegia (paralysis)

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