Crossword clues for paralytic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paralytic \Par`a*lyt"ic\, a. [L. paralyticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. paralytique.]
Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.
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Affected with paralysis, or palsy.
The cold, shaking, paralytic hand.
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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 paralytic saliva.
Paralytic \Par`a*lyt"ic\, n. A person affected with paralysis.
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).
Wiktionary
a. 1 Affected by paralysis; paralysed. 2 Pertaining to paralysis. 3 (context UK Australia Irish English) Very drunk. n. Someone suffering from paralysis.
WordNet
adj. relating to or of the nature of paralysis; "paralytic symptoms" [syn: paralytical]
affected or subject to with paralysis [syn: paralyzed]
n. a person suffering from paralysis
Wikipedia
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.