Disease or Syndrome
quadriplegia
tet·ra·ple·gi·a
Subclass of:
Paralysed
Etymology:
Latin quadri- = four + Greek plege = a stroke
Hence a paralysis of all four limbs.
Hence a paralysis of all four limbs.
Definitions related to quadriplegia:
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(tetraplegia) Paralysis of all four limbs, and trunk of the body below the level of an associated injury to the spinal cord. The etiology of quadriplegia is similar to that of paraplegia except that the lesion is in the cervical spinal cord rather than in the thoracic or lumbar segments of the spinal cord.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Paralysis of all four limbs, or of the entire body below the neck.NICHD Pediatric TerminologyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Paralysis of all four limbs.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Paralysis of all limbs, often caused by a severe neck injury.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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Severe or complete loss of motor function in all four limbs which may result from BRAIN DISEASES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; or rarely MUSCULAR DISEASES. The locked-in syndrome is characterized by quadriplegia in combination with cranial muscle paralysis. Consciousness is spared and the only retained voluntary motor activity may be limited eye movements. This condition is usually caused by a lesion in the upper BRAIN STEM which injures the descending cortico-spinal and cortico-bulbar tracts.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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