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Paralytic

Paralytic Meaning & Definition
Paralytic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Paralytic?

[n] a person suffering from paralysis
[adj] affected or subject to with paralysis
[adj] relating to or of the nature of paralysis; "paralytic symptoms"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Paralytic: paralytical | paralyzed | unfit

Related Terms | Find terms related to Paralytic: allergic | amputee | anemic | apoplectic | arthritic | bilious | cancerous | chlorotic | colicky | consumptive | contemplative | cripple | defective | deformity | do-nothing | dormant | dropsical | dyspeptic | edematous | encephalitic | epileptic | handicapped person | idiot | idle | imbecile | immobile | inactive | incapable | inert | laissez-aller | laissez-faire | laryngitic | leprous | luetic | malarial | malignant | measly | meditative | motionless | nephritic | neuralgic | neuritic | neuter | neutral | palsied | paralyzed | paraplegic | passive | phthisic | pleuritic | pneumonic | pocky | podagric | procrastinating | quadriplegic | quiescent | quietist | quietistic | rachitic | rheumatic | rickety | scorbutic | scrofulous | stagnant | stagnating | standpat | static | stationary | tabetic | tabid | the crippled | the handicapped | tubercular | tuberculous | tumorigenic | tumorous | vegetable | vegetative

See Also | handicapped person | paretic | spastic

Paralytic In Webster's Dictionary

\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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