Meaning of PARALYTIC
| Pronunciation: | | `paru'litik
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- [n] a person suffering from paralysis
- [adj] affected or subject to with paralysis
- [adj] relating to or of the nature of paralysis; "paralytic symptoms"
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| | Synonyms: | | paralytical, paralyzed, unfit |
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| | See Also: | | handicapped person, paretic, spastic | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Par`a*lyt"ic\, a. [L. paralyticus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
paralytique.]
1. Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.
2. Affected with paralysis, or palsy.
The cold, shaking, paralytic hand. --Prior.
3. Inclined or tending to paralysis.
{Paralytic secretion} (Physiol.), the fluid, generally thin
and watery, secreted from a gland after section or
paralysis of its nerves, as the pralytic saliva.
\Par`a*lyt"ic\, n.
A person affected with paralysis.
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