Re: [QUAD-L] Regaining movement . definition of tetra

[Win]

Tetraplegic is the same thing as quadriplegic. It's the more "medical" 
term. Tetra comes from the Greek word "tettares" which means four.

Win
At 06:11 PM 5/24/2005 -0500, Dana Miller wrote:
I was diagnosed as a complete for many years, but they finally have come 
around to saying "with partial incomplete" blah, blah.  My rehab doc also 
calls me tetraplegic.  I'm a c-6 in one arm, c-5 in the other.  He only 
says it when he has a student doc with him.

Dana
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