paralytic
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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