Category:Paralytic

Par`a*lyt"ic, a. Etym: [l. paralyticus, gr. paralytique.]

1. Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.

2. Affected with paralysis, or palsy. The cold, shaking, paralytic hand. Prior.

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.

Paralytic Par`a*lyt"ic, n.

Defn: a person affected with paralysis.