quadriplegia Path.
(kwɒdrɪˈpliːdʒ(ɪ)ə)
[mod.L., f. quadri- + paraplegia.]
Paralysis of both arms and both legs.
| 1921 Brain XLIV. 428 To elicit nociceptive reactions of the upper or lower limbs in our cases of hemiplegia and quadriplegia potentially painful stimuli were usually necessary. 1948 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 Feb. 289/2 A man aged 56 suffered damage to his cervical cord..following a blow. The resultant spastic quadriplegia was thought to be due to a haematomyelia. 1974 Luckmann & Sorensen Med.-Surg. Nursing xxxviii. 444/1 Quadriplegia is the same as paraplegia except that the level of injury to the spinal cord is cervical and thus the upper extremities are affected as well as the lower extremities. |