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词汇 paraplegic
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Definition of paraplegic in English:

paraplegic

adjective parəˈpliːdʒɪkˌpɛrəˈplidʒɪk
  • Affected by or relating to paralysis of the legs and lower body.

    a paraplegic war veteran
    a paraplegic hospital
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The documentary chronicles the intense rivalry between the US and Canadian paraplegic rugby teams.
    • Being paraplegic isn't contagious.
    • Think of a husband caring for a wife with Alzheimer's, or a mother caring for an adult child rendered paraplegic in a car accident.
    • He is paraplegic after being shot by gunmen while on assignment overseas.
    • There was a spinal injury ward with 26 beds for paraplegic patients.
    • I shouldn't have been taking my discomfort out on someone who had just discovered they were paraplegic, no matter how bad I did feel.
    • The young man is struggling with the early part of his paraplegic experience after an accident and is trying to come to grips with what life has left for him.
    • He is a devoted husband who gives his paraplegic wife a massage every night.
    • She is a neurotic girl who changes hair color with every mood and is making a film about herself, going as far as casting her paraplegic mother as herself.
    • She plays a compassionate nurse with a paraplegic fiancé.
noun parəˈpliːdʒɪkˌpɛrəˈplidʒɪk
  • A person affected by paralysis of the legs and lower body.

    researchers hope the treatment might enable paraplegics to walk again
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She plays a sexy, intelligent, and independent sculptor whose life changes dramatically after a traffic accident leaves her a paraplegic.
    • The team is made up of sailors who are paraplegics or amputees or blind.
    • Athletes, or others whose physical activity was at the center of their self-conception, are more likely to find a paraplegic's life intolerable.
    • The case was brought by a paraplegic who could not make a court date due to lack of elevator access.
    • A neuro-stimulation implant could tell paraplegics who have lost sensitivity in their bladders when to urinate.
    • She was a paraplegic, but she still held a job, most of the money from which her father used for beer.
    • Her husband was described as a paraplegic who had little prospect of returning to his old job.
    • He doesn't believe she will want to leave a secure relationship to be with a paraplegic.
    • He has walked in nine countries, many times, just to raise funds for paraplegics who cannot afford medical treatment.
    • A wheelchair-bound paraplegic in constant pain sipped, through a straw, some water containing the barbiturate.

Rhymes

quadriplegic, strategic

Definition of paraplegic in US English:

paraplegic

adjectiveˌperəˈplējikˌpɛrəˈplidʒɪk
  • Affected by or relating to paralysis of the legs and lower body.

    a paraplegic war veteran
    a paraplegic hospital
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She plays a compassionate nurse with a paraplegic fiancé.
    • I shouldn't have been taking my discomfort out on someone who had just discovered they were paraplegic, no matter how bad I did feel.
    • There was a spinal injury ward with 26 beds for paraplegic patients.
    • He is a devoted husband who gives his paraplegic wife a massage every night.
    • The young man is struggling with the early part of his paraplegic experience after an accident and is trying to come to grips with what life has left for him.
    • The documentary chronicles the intense rivalry between the US and Canadian paraplegic rugby teams.
    • She is a neurotic girl who changes hair color with every mood and is making a film about herself, going as far as casting her paraplegic mother as herself.
    • Being paraplegic isn't contagious.
    • Think of a husband caring for a wife with Alzheimer's, or a mother caring for an adult child rendered paraplegic in a car accident.
    • He is paraplegic after being shot by gunmen while on assignment overseas.
nounˌperəˈplējikˌpɛrəˈplidʒɪk
  • A person affected by paralysis of the legs and lower body.

    researchers hope the treatment might enable paraplegics to walk again
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The team is made up of sailors who are paraplegics or amputees or blind.
    • She plays a sexy, intelligent, and independent sculptor whose life changes dramatically after a traffic accident leaves her a paraplegic.
    • Her husband was described as a paraplegic who had little prospect of returning to his old job.
    • Athletes, or others whose physical activity was at the center of their self-conception, are more likely to find a paraplegic's life intolerable.
    • He doesn't believe she will want to leave a secure relationship to be with a paraplegic.
    • A neuro-stimulation implant could tell paraplegics who have lost sensitivity in their bladders when to urinate.
    • A wheelchair-bound paraplegic in constant pain sipped, through a straw, some water containing the barbiturate.
    • He has walked in nine countries, many times, just to raise funds for paraplegics who cannot afford medical treatment.
    • The case was brought by a paraplegic who could not make a court date due to lack of elevator access.
    • She was a paraplegic, but she still held a job, most of the money from which her father used for beer.
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