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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


ADJECTIVE (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Paraplegia \Par`a*ple"gi*a\, Paraplegy \Par"a*ple`gy\, n. [NL. paraplegia, fr. Gr. ? hemiplegia, fr. ? to strike at the side; para` beside + ? to strike: cf. F. parapl['e]gie.] (Med.) Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused usually by disease of the spinal cord. -- Par`a*pleg"ic, a. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

paraplegic adj 1: suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord n 1: a person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down)