paraplegia
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- n paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)
- Another is the surprising fact that after an accident there's a much higher rate of PTSD in those with paraplegia (paralysis of the lower body) than in those who suffer .
- At that time a physician cousin told the family that Price's prospects were "six months to paraplegia, six months to quadriplegia, six months to death.
- Already on the schedule were films about cancer (No Sad Songs for Me), paraplegia (The Men), poliomyelitis (The Young Lovers), smallpox (The Frightened City) and leprosy (Who Walk .