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PARALYTIC

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person suffering from paralysis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("paralytic" is a kind of...):

handicapped person (a person who has some condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically or mentally or socially)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paralytic"):

paretic (a person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis))

spastic (a person suffering from spastic paralysis)

Derivation:

paralytic (affected with paralysis)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Affected with paralysis

Synonyms:

paralytic; paralyzed

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)

Derivation:

paralysis (loss of the ability to move a body part)

paralytic (a person suffering from paralysis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to or of the nature of paralysis

Example:

paralytic symptoms

Synonyms:

paralytic; paralytical

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

paralysis (loss of the ability to move a body part)

Derivation:

paralysis (loss of the ability to move a body part)

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