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A person suffering from paralysis
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paralytic
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paralytic \Par`a*lyt"ic\, n. A person affected with paralysis.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person suffering from paralysis
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300 (adj.), late 14c. (n.), from Old French paralitique "paralyzed, unmoving," from Latin paralyticus , from Greek paralytikos , from paralysis (see paralysis ).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Almost as if, having proclaimed himself paralytic in court, he was setting about proving it over and over again. ▪ Approximately 2 to 5 percent of children and up to 30 percent of adults with paralytic polio die. ▪ Before ...
Usage examples of paralytic.
Noirtier brucine for his paralytic affection, while the assassin is not ignorant, for he has proved that brucine is a violent poison.
When she arrived at that letter the paralytic made her understand that she had spoken the initial letter of the thing he wanted.
The eyes of the paralytic expressed a multitude of tumultuous thoughts.
Everybody just stood there, waiting for the paralytic to hobble down and catch up.
They set out, each on his camel, one lame, the other paralytic, and the third blind, but still the way was plain, for had they not trodden it before?
In old age every man is afflicted with disease or infirmity, every one is paralytic, lame, or blind.
There were paralytic agents that would immobilize a person without killing or doing irreversible damage.
The leading edge was already spreading out into the suburbs, the teargas attenuated enough to be essentially harmless, but what about the paralytic agent?
The paralytic agent appears to be affecting the voluntary muscle groups, which means most people should not be at risk of death.
With those scenes imprinted vividly on the public consciousness, it was a very, very short step to assuming that police had also fired the paralytic agent.
We are trying to determine whether this paralytic agent was obtained from military stockpiles held in reserve for invasion contingencies or if it was acquired recently, either through manufacture on Jefferson or purchase from off-world sources.
Ray did not succumb to the paralytic seizure occasioned by the twofold shock which she had experienced.
He had also learned something of the paralytic seizure which the disaster had occasioned.
The general shape of the bone closely resembles that of a normal one--a marked contrast to its wasted condition and tapering extremity in paralytic calcaneus.
Strange to say, after the accident he recovered his intellect, and was cured of his epileptic attacks, but for six years he was a paralytic from the hips down.