paralytic
English
Alternative forms
- paralytick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παραλυτικός (paralutikós, “paralyzed”).
Pronunciation
Noun
paralytic (plural paralytics)
- Someone suffering from paralysis.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:
- Quoth I to myself, "Haply this Shaykh is of those who were wrecked in the ship and hath made his way to this island." So I drew near to him and saluted him, and he returned my salam by signs, but spoke not; and I said to him, "O nuncle mine, what causeth thee to sit here?" He shook his head and moaned and signed to me with his hand as who should say, "Take me on thy shoulders and carry me to the other side of the well-channel." And quoth I in my mind, "I will deal kindly with him and do what he desireth; it may be I shall win me a reward in Heaven for he may be a paralytic."
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:
- A drug that produces paralysis.
- 2010, John J. Marini, Critical Care Medicine: The Essentials, page 312:
- For example, use of paralytics in morbidly obese patients or those with spinal instability can precipitate complete upper airway obstruction.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:paralytic.
Translations
person suffering from paralysis
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Adjective
paralytic (comparative more paralytic, superlative most paralytic)
- Affected by paralysis; paralysed.
- (Can we date this quote by Prior and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- the cold, shaking, paralytic hand
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- Pertaining to paralysis.
- (UK, Australia, Ireland, slang) Very drunk.
Synonyms
- (paralysed): frozen, immobilized
- (pertaining to paralysis.):
- (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk
Derived terms
Translations
affected by paralysis
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pertaining to paralysis
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