paralytic
paralytic is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Affected with paralysis, or palsy. The cold, shaking, paralytic hand. Prior.
- 2.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.
- 3.A person affected with paralysis.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- agent
- anaesthesia
- anaesthetic
- anaesthetize
- benumb
- blunt
- callous
- case
- chloral
- chloroform
- coma
- comatose
- dead
- dull
- ether
- exhilarating
- gas
- hard
- hardened
- have
- hemiplegia
- hide
- impercipient
- influence
- insensibility
- insensible
- laughing
- motor
- nitrogen
- nitrous
- numb
- obtund
- obtuse
- obtuseness
- opium
- oxide
- pachydermatous
- pall
- palsied
- palsy
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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