paraplegic

From para- +‎ -plegic.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹəˈplid͡ʒɪk/
• (General American, proscribed) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹəpəˈlid͡ʒɪk/
• Rhymes: -iːdʒɪk

paraplegic (not comparable)

1. Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia. Paralyzed from the lower half of the body down.
   • 2011,, Kazerad, Katia: Talk to guard, in: Prequel -or- Making A Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), March 14 2011

     The guard looks at you with a troubled, uncomfortable glare, like that of a man who must explain to his paraplegic daughter that her dreams of becoming a ballerina will never come true.

paraplegic (plural paraplegics)

1. A person who suffers from paraplegia.

Borrowed from French paraplégique.

paraplegic m or n (feminine singular paraplegică, masculine plural paraplegici, feminine and neuter plural paraplegice)

1. paraplegic