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🧑‍🦽 A paralyzed person 🧑‍🦽 Related to paralysis
paralytic

paralytic

3 7.2
Relating to loss of movement in part of the body
  • adjective
  • /ˌpærəˈlɪtɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : paralítico
  • He's the best there is when it comes to paralytic disorders.
  • paralytic polio
  • paralytic shellfish
  • paralytic shellfish poisoning

So paralyzed by the details, he gets that analysis paralysis that he is not more effective with other lead sources.

Examples

  • The circulating VDPVs detected in DRC had recovered the two most important biological properties of WPVs, namely the capacity to cause paralytic disease in humans and the capacity for continuous person-to-person transmission.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Suppose that we were to inject a paralytic agent into the left side of a person's face.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Soon after, I perceived that I had suffered a paralytic stroke, and that my speech was taken from me.

    Blog text (28)

  • He uncovered an outbreak of konzo, a paralytic disease linked to using cyanide-rich cassava as a famine food.

    Blog text (11)

  • The patient received a paralytic agent to prevent movement during the surgery.

  • After the accident, he was diagnosed with a paralytic condition that affected his legs.

  • The outbreak of paralytic polio in the region led to community health initiatives.

Synonyms

palsied
vsparalytic
1 9.9

Having muscles that shake or cannot move

refers more broadly to relation to paralysis without stressing tremor
paralyzed
vsparalytic
  • US
1 4.2

Not able to do anything, often because of injury or fear

focuses more on medical relation or being affected physically by paralysis
paralytical
vsparalytic
  • Specialized
9.3

Relating to or causing a loss of movement in part of the body

is the general adjective for relating to or being affected by paralysis

Antonyms

functional
60 4.2

About how something works rather than its structure

Compounds

paralytic abasia
  • Specialized
9.9

A person who cannot walk because their legs cannot move

How Paralysed

paralytic
  • Specialized
3 7.2
weak
524 1.0

Surface Forms

paralytic positive

Morphology

paralytic = paralysis (transparent) = paralysis + tic

The adjective directly denotes 'relating to or affected by paralysis' and is transparently formed from 'paralysis' with the suffix '-tic'.

Etymology

Paralytic comes from old Greek parts para- and lysis, meaning 'beside' and 'to loosen'. You can see the same idea in the verb paralyze, so when something is described as paralytic it is affected by paralysis and cannot move or work properly.