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PARALYTIC
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
PARALYTIC See Palsy.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A person affected with paralysis.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.
2. Affected with paralysis, or palsy. The cold, shaking, paralytic hand. Prior.
3. Inclined or tending to paralysis. Paralytic secretion (Physiol.), the fluid, generally thin and watery, secreted from a gland after section or paralysis of its nerves, as the pralytic saliva.