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paraplegic

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1. paraplegic - Noun

2. paraplegic - Adjective

3. paraplegic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

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

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Being a functioning alcoholic is kind of like being a paraplegic lap dancer: You can do it, just not as well as the others, really. Robin Williams

Ham smiled. "Cett's going to be furious." Elend shrugged. "He's a paraplegic. What's he going to do? Bite us? Brandon Sanderson

At one point, she explores the history of the “Rolling Quads,” a group of paraplegic students who moved into their own dormitory at the University of California, Berkeley, in the late nineteen-sixties. Source: Internet

A former actress who resents her paraplegic sister dedicates her life to torment her. Source: Internet

Her mother had the same sentence but was spared from deportation after the fact she was paraplegic was acknowledged by authorities. Source: Internet

After getting a tip that there was a paraplegic person who was miraculously able to walk again, Strange sets out to find the same cure. Source: Internet

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