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tetraplegic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
tetraplegic
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A quadriplegic.

Etymology

From tetra- and -plegic, from Ancient Greek πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”); probably patterned after paraplegic from the Ancient Greek παραπληγή (paraplēgḗ, “the paralysis of half of the body”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

tetraplegics (plural)

Questions

What does tetraplegic mean?
A quadriplegic.
Where does tetraplegic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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