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wheelchair

 noun
     
wheelchair
Related topics: Hospital
wheel‧chair [countable]
MH a chair with wheels, used by people who cannot walk
in a wheelchair
He'll be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
Lynn has been confined to a wheelchair (=has had to use a wheelchair) for the last year.
special parking for wheelchair users
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