From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishparaplegicpar‧a‧ple‧gic /ˌpærəˈpliːdʒɪk◂/ noun [countable] MIsomeone who is unable to move the lower part of their body, including their legs → paralysed —paraplegic adjective
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paraplegic• His spinal cord was severed, and he became a paraplegic.• There were so many stories going around about people who had only looked at a tab before becoming immediately paraplegic or dead. 