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paralytic


A person affected with paralysis.

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.

<physiology> Paralytic secretion, the fluid, generally thin and watery, secreted from a gland after section or paralysis of its nerves, as the pralytic saliva.

Origin: L. Paralyticus, Gr., cf. F. Paralytique.

Source: Websters Dictionary