The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paralytic secretion
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.