Paralympics

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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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Games Olympics ParaOlympics Transplant Games World Medical Games			Byline: By SARAH JUDD TEESSIDE athletes past and present have welcomed news the 2008 Paralympics were the most watched ever. BEIJING WAS BIG WINNER; Joy at record audiences for Paralympics by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) A lot has been mentioned in the news about the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics which are getting funding from the Lottery. Letter: Viewpoints - Show athletes that they are just as special by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) The success achieved by Welsh athletes at this year's Olympics and Paralympics has already shown that we have world-beating facilities and coaches. WALES: Aussie Paralympian boost by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			parakeratotic parakinesia parakinesis paralalia paralambdacism paraldehyde paralexia paralgesia paralinguistic cues Paralium parallagma parallax parallax test parallel grid Parallel Play parallel processing parallel talk parallel tracking parallelism parallelogram condenser parallelometer parallergic parallergy paralogia paralumbar Paralympics paralysis paralysis agitans paralysis of the third nerve. oculomycosis paralytic paralytic abasia paralytic dementia paralytic ileus paralytic incontinence paralytic mydriasis paralytic poliomyelitis paralytic shellfish poisoning paralytic stroke paralyzant paralyze paramagnetic paramagnetic substance paramastigote paramastitis parameatal Paramecium paramedian paramedic paramedical paramedical personnel paramenia			paralogistic paralogistic paralogists paralogists paralogists Paralogize Paralogize paralogous locus Paralogous Sequence Mismatches Paralogous Sequence Quantification Paralogy paralumbar paralumbar fossa paralumbar fossa paralumbar fossa paralutein cells Paralympian Paralympian Paralympian of the Year Paralympian of the Year Paralympic Paralympic Paralympic Paralympic Games Paralympic Games Paralympic Games Paralympic Goalball Paralympic Goalball Paralympic winter games Paralympic winter games Paralympics Paralympics New Zealand paralysation paralyse paralyse paralyse paralyse paralyse Paralysed Paralysed Paralysed Paralysed Paralysed paralyses paralyses paralyses paralyses paralyses Paralyses, familial periodic paralyses. paralyses. paralyses. paralyses. paralyses. paralysingly paralysis paralysis paralysis paralysis paralysis paralysis agitans

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