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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a person suffering from paralysis;


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. relating to or of the nature of paralysis;
- Example: "paralytic symptoms"
[syn: paralytic, paralytical]

2. affected with paralysis;
[syn: paralytic, paralyzed]


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. [1913 Webster] 2. Affected with paralysis, or palsy. [1913 Webster] The cold, shaking, paralytic hand. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 3. Inclined or tending to paralysis. [1913 Webster] Paralytic secretion (Physiol.), the fluid, generally thin and watery, secreted from a gland after section or paralysis of its nerves, as the paralytic saliva. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Paralytic \Par`a*lyt"ic\, n. A person affected with paralysis. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

paralytic adj 1: relating to or of the nature of paralysis; "paralytic symptoms" [syn: paralytic, paralytical] 2: affected with paralysis [syn: paralytic, paralyzed] n 1: a person suffering from paralysis
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