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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paralytic \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paralytic \Par`a*lyt"ic\, n.
A person affected with paralysis.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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
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