单词	tetraplegia
释义	tetraplegia /ˌtɛtrəˈpliːdʒə / noun Another term for quadriplegia.Less commonly, cerebral palsy takes the form of a hypotonic tetraplegia, with no spasticity, when the child has a mobility problem but with floppy muscles.... Five subjects with paraplegia and 4 with tetraplegia participated in the clinical treatment protocol. All too often, quadriplegia (or tetraplegia as it is now referred to) is innocently confused with paraplegia, a condition where only the lower limbs are affected. Derivatives tetraplegic /ˌtɛtrəˈpliːdʒɪk/ adjective & noun ... A tetraplegic woman on a ventilator made legal history last week when she became the first patient in the United Kingdom to go to court in a bid to have the ventilator switched off. In the letter, he revealed that he was a tetraplegic, meaning he suffered from severe disabilities, believed to have been caused by a car accident a few years ago. Then he broke his neck and became a tetraplegic, paralysed from the waist down, and with some loss of use of his arms as well. Origin Early 20th century: from tetra- 'four' + paraplegia.
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