Definition of "quadriplegia" []

• Complete paralysis of the body from the neck down. (noun)

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• "An alien reading Our Bodies would conclude that exclusion from a restroom because of one's "trans-gender" identity is a far greater tragedy than, say, dying because America is the only industrialized country without universal health care — or than suffering from an affliction such as quadriplegia or bladder cancer."
• "See any number of "heroic" documentaries about young women with medical conditions (cancer, quadriplegia, achondoplasia, brittle bones ...) who "struggle" to "make a family"."
• "The causes of his death were complications from his quadriplegia and respiratory problems."