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PARAPLEGIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("paraplegic" is a kind of...):

handicapped person (a person who has some condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically or mentally or socially)

Derivation:

paraplegic (suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)

Derivation:

paraplegia (paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma))

paraplegic (a person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down))

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