paraplegia in the PONS Dictionary

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Schizophrenia is a major cause of disability, with active psychosis ranked as the third-most-disabling condition after quadriplegia and dementia and ahead of paraplegia and blindness.
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The area of the spinal canal that is affected in paraplegia is either the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral regions.
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It is also used in testing paraplegia.
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He began curling at age 12 and developed paraplegia due to an accident at 35.
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The first connotation connected to the syllable para was paralysis or paraplegia.
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Paraplegia complicating thoracotomy is rare but catastrophic.
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Diagnosed with paraplegia, she spent the next four months in hospital.
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He was diagnosed as having a paraplegia, the result of a spinal cord injury when the car hit him.
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Gull's main work on paraplegia was published between 1856 and 1858.
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In 1966, a thrombosis on his spinal column caused permanent paraplegia.
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