neuroparalyticadj.
/ˌnjʊərə(ʊ)parəˈlɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌn(j)ʊroʊˌpɛrəˈlɪdɪk/ Medicine.
Of the nature of, relating to, associated with, or resulting from neuroparalysis.
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paralytical1586
paralytica1715
palsical1716
neuroparalytic1869
paralysant1875
1869 J. S. Wells Dis. Eye ii. 102 Inflammatory suppurative corneitis..may..follow paralysis of the fifth nerve, and is then termed neuro-paralytic ophthalmia.
1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 907 Neuroparalytic corneitis.
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. viii. 309 Cases of neuro-paralytic ophthalmia.
1922 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 93 384 The interruption of the normal stream of impulses from the vaso-motor centres along these nerves gives rise to a ‘neuro-paralytic hyperæmia’, such as is met with surgically in wounds of the neck, or in lesions of the spinal cord.
1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxvii. 417 Tarsorrhaphy, although not strictly a corneal operation, is performed for corneal conditions, particularly neuroparalytic or exposure keratitis.
1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 453/1 Neuroparalytic reactions were estimated to occur at a rate of one case for every 2000 of the now discontinued nerve tissue vaccine.
2002 FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 214 119 Some of these micro-organisms had been implicated in food-borne botulism, a serious neuroparalytic disease.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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