| quadriplegia |
paralysis of both arms and both legs
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| quadriplegia |
Loss of function of any injured or diseased cervical spinal cord segment, affecting all four body limbs. Outside the US the term tetraplegia is used (which is etymologically more accurate, combining tetra + plegia, both from the Greek, rather than quadri + plegia, a Latin/Greek amalgam).
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| quadriplegia |
Paralysis of all four limbs.
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| quadriplegia |
loss of movement and sensation in all four limbs.
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| quadriplegia |
Literally, "four palsy"; a topographical (which parts of the body are involved) subtype of spastic cerebral palsy in which all four extremities (arms or legs) are severely involved. Asymmetries are frequently present but not in such a way as to qualify for another topographic classification. Severe mental retardation is the rule. An inexperienced examiner may easily mistake rigidity for quadriplegia.
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