Paralytic
[pærə'lɪtɪk] or [,pærə'lɪtɪk]
Definition
(noun.) a person suffering from paralysis.
(adj.) affected with paralysis .
(adj.) relating to or of the nature of paralysis; 'paralytic symptoms' .
Editor: Ozzie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.
(a.) Affected with paralysis, or palsy.
(a.) Inclined or tending to paralysis.
(n.) A person affected with paralysis.
Edited by Estelle
Examples
- It furnishes profitable amusement to the young, and satisfactory aid to the nervous and paralytic. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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