Par`a*lyt"ic (?), a. [L. paralyticus, Gr. : cf. F. paralytique.]
1.
Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.
2.
Affected with paralysis, or palsy.
The cold, shaking, paralytic hand.
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3.
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 pralytic saliva.
© Webster 1913.
Par`a*lyt"ic, n.
A person affected with paralysis.
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