Home › Words › P › paraplegicparaplegic/ˌpɛɹəˈplid͡ʒɪk/paraplegic means of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia. Paralyzed from the lower half of the body down.paraplegic is pronounced /ˌpɛɹəˈplid͡ʒɪk/.EtymologyFrom para- + -plegic.adjOf, related to, or suffering from paraplegia. Paralyzed from the lower half of the body down.e.g.“The guard looks at you with a troubled, uncomfortable glare, like that of a man who must explain to his paraplegic daughter that her dreams of becoming a ballerina will never come true.” — 2011,, Kazerad, Katia: Talk to guard, in: Prequel -or- Making A Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), March 14 2011nounA person who suffers from paraplegia.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).