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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Paralytic

/pĕrˌ-əl-ĭt'-ĭk/ · Par·a·lyt·ic · IPA /ˌpæɹəˈlɪtɪk/
01 a. Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.
  2. 2.
    Affected with paralysis, or palsy.
    “The cold, shaking, paralytic hand.” Prior.
  3. 3.
    Inclined or tending to paralysis.
Phrases & compounds
Paralytic secretion — the fluid, generally thin and watery, secreted from a gland after section or paralysis of its nerves, as the paralytic saliva.
02 n. A person affected with paralysis.
  1. 1.
    A person affected with paralysis.