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Related to paralytic: paralytic stroke, Paralytic shellfish poisoning, paralytic ileus, paralytic poliomyelitis
par·a·lyt·ic
(păr′ə-lĭt′ĭk)adj.
1. Of or relating to paralysis.
2. Characteristic of or resembling paralysis.
3. Affected with paralysis; paralyzed.
n.
A person affected with paralysis.
par′a·lyt′i·cal·ly adv.
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paralytic
(ˌpærəˈlɪtɪk)adj
1. (Pathology) of, relating to, or of the nature of paralysis
2. (Pathology) afflicted with or subject to paralysis
3. (Brewing) informal Brit very drunk
n
(Pathology) a person afflicted with paralysis
ˌparaˈlytically adv
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par•a•lyt•ic
(ˌpær əˈlɪt ɪk)n.
1. a person affected with paralysis.
adj. 2. affected with or subject to paralysis.
3. pertaining to or of the nature of paralysis.
[1300–50; Middle English paralitik < Latin paralyticus < Greek paralytikós=paraly- (see paralysis) + -tikos -tic]
par`a•lyt′i•cal•ly, adv.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() handicapped person - a person who has some condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically or mentally or socially paretic - a person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis) spastic - a person suffering from spastic paralysis |
Adj. | 1. | paralytic - relating to or of the nature of paralysis; "paralytic symptoms" |
2. | paralytic - affected with paralysis |
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paralytic
adjective
1. paralysing, disabling, crippling, incapacitating, immobilized Scientists have managed to reverse paralytic diseases in laboratory animals.
2. (Brit. informal) drunk, pissed (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), intoxicated, wasted (slang), canned (slang), flying (slang), bombed (slang), stoned (slang), smashed (slang), hammered (slang), steaming (slang), wrecked (slang), out of it (slang), plastered (slang), blitzed (slang), lit up (slang), stewed (slang), sloshed (slang), legless (informal), tired and emotional (euphemistic), steamboats (Scot. slang), off your face (slang), zonked (slang), blotto (slang), inebriated, out to it (Austral. & N.Z. slang), rat-arsed (taboo slang), Brahms and Liszt (slang), bevvied (dialect), pie-eyed (slang) By the end of the evening, we were all totally paralytic.
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Translations
مَشْلول، مَفْلوج
paralytický
lamlammet
bénabénult
lamaîur
paraliticparalitică
paralytický
paralytic
[ˌpærəˈlɪtɪk]A. ADJ
1. (Med) → paralítico
2. (Brit) (= drunk) → como una cuba
B. N → paralítico/a m/f
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paralytic
[ˌpærəˈlɪtɪk] adj (Med) (person) → paralitico/a; (stroke) → di paralisi (Brit) (fam) (drunk) → ubriaco/a fradicio/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
paralysis
(pəˈrӕləsis) noun a loss of the ability to move. The paralysis affects his legs.
paralyse , (American) paralyze (ˈpӕrəlaiz) verb to make unable to move. paralysed with fear.
paralytic (pӕrəˈlitik) adjectiveKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
par·a·lyt·ic
a. paralítico-a, inválido-a; impedido-a, rel. a o que sufre de parálisis;
___ ileus → parálisis del intestino.
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