tetraplegicEtymologyFrom tetra- and -plegic, from Ancient Greek πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”); probably patterned after paraplegic from the Ancient Greek παραπληγή (paraplēgḗ, “the paralysis of half of the body”).tetraplegic means A quadriplegic. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounA quadriplegic.