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PARALYTIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person suffering from paralysis
Classified under:
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:
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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