PARAPLEGIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paraplegic mean? 

• PARAPLEGIC (noun)
  The noun PARAPLEGIC has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PARAPLEGIC used as a noun is very rare.

• PARAPLEGIC (adjective)
  The adjective PARAPLEGIC has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PARAPLEGIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARAPLEGIC (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)

• PARAPLEGIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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))