| 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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| quadrate |
square; somewhat square.
Ãâó: www.biology.lsu.edu/heydrjay/ThomasSay/terms.html
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| quadriplegia |
Paralysis of all four limbs.
Ãâó: www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/BN/00023.html
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| quadriparesis |
Weakness of all four limbs.
Ãâó: www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/BN/00023.html
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| quadrangle |
a four sided-shape; the shape of most Spanish missions.
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