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Paralytic Common

Origin: Greek prefix para-

Paralytic has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a person suffering from paralysis

2

Someone suffering from paralysis.

Adjective
1

relating to or of the nature of paralysis

"paralytic symptoms"

2

affected with paralysis

3

Affected by paralysis; paralysed.

See Also
asperparaline paralytically paralysis paralytics nonparalytic konzo atropine gonyautoxin
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
handicapped person
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
paretic spastic
Rhyming Words
tic otic etic ictic mutic lotic attic ontic istic vatic octic latic metic artic ustic matic votic retic optic nitic
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