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paralytics

paralytics is the plural of paralytic.

Meaning of paralytic

Noun

paralytic (plural paralytics)

  1. Someone suffering from paralysis.
    • 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...1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
  2. A drug that produces paralysis.
    • For example, use of paralytics in morbidly obese patients or those with spinal instability can precipitate complete upper airway obstruction.2010, John J. Marini, Critical Care Medicine: The Essentials, page 312

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Questions about paralytics

What is paralytics the plural of?
Paralytics is the plural of paralytic.

Words near paralytics in the dictionary

  1. paralytic dementias
  2. paralytical
  3. paralytically
  4. paralytick
  5. paralyticks
  6. paralytics
  7. paralyzable
  8. paralyzant
  9. paralyzants
  10. paralyzation
  11. paralyzations

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