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• Paralytic — Par a*lyt ic, a. [L. paralyticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. paralytique.] 1. Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis. [1913 Webster] 2. Affected with paralysis, or palsy. [1913 Webster] The cold, shaking, paralytic hand. Prior. [1913 Webster] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Paralytic secretion — Paralytic Par a*lyt ic, a. [L. paralyticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. paralytique.] 1. Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis. [1913 Webster] 2. Affected with paralysis, or palsy. [1913 Webster] The cold, shaking, paralytic hand. Prior. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Paralytic — Par a*lyt ic, n. A person affected with paralysis. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Paralytic shellfish poisoning — (PSP) is one of the four recognized syndromes of shellfish poisoning (the others being neurotoxic shellfish poisoning, diarrhetic shellfish poisoning and amnesic shellfish poisoning). All four syndromes share some common features and are… …   Wikipedia

• paralytic — index disabled (made incapable), powerless Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• paralytic dementia — n GENERAL PARESIS * * * dementia paralytica general paresis …   Medical dictionary

• paralytic rabies — n rabies marked by sluggishness and by early paralysis esp. of the muscles of jaw and throat called also dumb rabies compare FURIOUS RABIES * * * a stage or form of rabies in which the most prominent symptom is ascending paralysis. Called also… …   Medical dictionary

• paralytic shellfish poisoning — paralytic shell·fish poisoning shel .fish n food poisoning that results from consumption of shellfish and esp. 2 shelled mollusks (as clams, mussels, or scallops) contaminated with dinoflagellates causing red tide and that is characterized by… …   Medical dictionary

• paralytic — c.1300 (adj.), late 14c. (n.), from O.Fr. paralytique, from L. paralyticus, from Gk. paralytikos, from paralysis (see PARALYSIS (Cf. paralysis)) …   Etymology dictionary

• paralytic — [adj] impaired in movement diplegic, disabled, immobile, immobilized, inactive, incapacitated, insensible, lame, numb, palsied, palsified, paralyzed, paraplegic, powerless, quadriplegic; concepts 314,485 Ant. healthy, uncrippled …   New thesaurus

• paralytic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to paralysis. 2) informal, chiefly Brit. extremely drunk. DERIVATIVES paralytically adverb …   English terms dictionary