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Paralympics
[per′əlim′piks]
Etymology: paraplegic + Olympics
an international competitive wheelchair sports event, usually held in association with the official quadrennial Olympic Games. Also called ParaOlympics.
Paralympics
An international multi-sport event in which participants are elite athletes with physical or visual impairments including paraplegia and quadriplegia, amputations, and cerebral palsy
Paralympics
Sports medicine An international sports competition in which participants are elite athletes with physical or visual impairments, representing 4 intl federations for the blind, paraplegics and quadriplegics, amputees, people with cerebral palsy. Cf Special Olympics.
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