What it means
The beginning of words with four parts. Quadriplegia (also called tetraplegia) is paralysis of all four limbs, a quadrant is one of four parts (as in the four abdominal quadrants), and the quadriceps is the four-part muscle at the front of the thigh.
At a glance
| Also written | quadr/i, quadr- |
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Related terms
paralysis
Loss of the ability to move a part of the body, and sometimes loss of feeling in it.
right upper quadrant
The upper right quarter of the belly, from the person's own point of view, when it is divided into four parts at the navel.
hemi-
A word beginning that means half, or one side of the body.