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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