Paralytic

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paralytic \Par`a*lyt"ic\, n.
     A person affected with paralysis.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Paralytic \Par`a*lyt"ic\, a. [L. paralyticus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
     paralytique.]
     1. Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.
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     2. Affected with paralysis, or palsy.
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              The cold, shaking, paralytic hand.    --Prior.
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     3. Inclined or tending to paralysis.
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     {Paralytic secretion} (Physiol.), the fluid, generally thin
        and watery, secreted from a gland after section or
        paralysis of its nerves, as the paralytic saliva.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paralytic
       adj 1: relating to or of the nature of paralysis; "paralytic
              symptoms" [syn: {paralytical}]
       2: affected or subject to with paralysis [syn: {paralyzed}]
       n : a person suffering from paralysis

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "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