Definition of paralytic in English:

paralytic

adjective parəˈlɪtɪkˌpɛrəˈlɪdɪk

1Relating to paralysis.
the incidence of paralytic disease
Example sentencesExamples
- Red tides, for example, can cause outbreaks of life-threatening diseases, such as paralytic shellfish poisoning, which can shut down mussel and clam harvesting for long periods of time.
- Some toxic marine species cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, particularly when forming red tides.
- Tetanus is an acute, spastic paralytic illness caused by a toxin released from the bacterium Clostridium tetani.
- The mutations make it more transmissible and possibly more likely to cause paralytic disease than ordinary live vaccine-derived strains, according to the Health Department.
- The CDC website relates that there are two common types of rabies: ‘furious’ rabies and paralytic or ‘dumb’ rabies.
Synonyms
paralysed, crippled, disabled, incapacitated, dead, numb, benumbed, powerless, immobilized
2British informal predicative Extremely drunk.
a leaving party which left everyone paralytic
Example sentencesExamples
- He said excessive drinking was often glorified through the media and we had to change the current mindset that it was ‘a great laugh’ to persistently get paralytic drunk.
- The judge told him, ‘You were paralytic drunk and punched a perfectly decent man in the face.’
- I was almost paralytic by midnight when I was meant to be on stage at Sound On Sunday collecting my prize.
- Young people, many of them still at school stagger out of the pub, intoxicated, paralytic from drinking too much alcohol.
- Elizabeth was drunker than anybody that night - she was paralytic.
Synonyms
intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin
drunk, intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin

noun parəˈlɪtɪkˌpɛrəˈlɪdɪk

A person affected by paralysis.
I do not wish to live as a helpless paralytic
Example sentencesExamples
- The scribes, perhaps those who had earlier lost face and are by now smitten with envy, aggressively confront Jesus about his right to offer forgiveness to the paralytic.
- As the number and size of state hospitals increased, however, overcrowded wards housed chronic cases: long-term schizophrenics, the senile, paralytics, and epileptics.
- I have illustrated this for my beginning New Testament students by comparing the story of the healing of the paralytic in the Gospels of Mark and Luke.
- Almost all the seniors in these places are over 70 years old with a very weak physical condition and many are paralytics.
- Soon people were coming to see Him from as far as Canada who were suffering from every kind of disease and disorder: mental illness, epileptics, paralytics, and Joshua healed them all.

Derivatives

paralytically

adverb

But our mixed-up legal strategy is to insist, paralytically, on a kind of hyper-sovereignty of the nation-state.
Example sentencesExamples
- With a threat like that hanging over their heads it was no wonder that everyone was paralytically drunk by 8 o clock.
- Passing sentence the judge told him: ‘I regard what occurred as a vicious act against a man who was paralytically drunk and at the time unable to defend himself.’
- This is an event in itself, as Horace is a) paralytically shy and b) has had the conversational urge beaten out of him by fifty five years of having B's mum talk over him.
- It is both in the public and private interest that justice should be brisk, not paralytically lethargic.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French paralytique, via Latin from Greek paralutikos 'relating to paralysis' (see paralysis).

Rhymes

analytic, anchoritic, anthracitic, arthritic, bauxitic, calcitic, catalytic, critic, cryptanalytic, Cushitic, dendritic, diacritic, dioritic, dolomitic, enclitic, eremitic, hermitic, lignitic, mephitic, parasitic, psychoanalytic, pyritic, Sanskritic, saprophytic, Semitic, sybaritic, syenitic, syphilitic, troglodytic

Definition of paralytic in US English:

paralytic

adjectiveˌperəˈlidikˌpɛrəˈlɪdɪk

Relating to paralysis.
the incidence of paralytic disease
Example sentencesExamples
- The CDC website relates that there are two common types of rabies: ‘furious’ rabies and paralytic or ‘dumb’ rabies.
- Red tides, for example, can cause outbreaks of life-threatening diseases, such as paralytic shellfish poisoning, which can shut down mussel and clam harvesting for long periods of time.
- The mutations make it more transmissible and possibly more likely to cause paralytic disease than ordinary live vaccine-derived strains, according to the Health Department.
- Some toxic marine species cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, particularly when forming red tides.
- Tetanus is an acute, spastic paralytic illness caused by a toxin released from the bacterium Clostridium tetani.
Synonyms
paralysed, crippled, disabled, incapacitated, dead, numb, benumbed, powerless, immobilized

nounˌperəˈlidikˌpɛrəˈlɪdɪk

A person affected by paralysis.
Example sentencesExamples
- As the number and size of state hospitals increased, however, overcrowded wards housed chronic cases: long-term schizophrenics, the senile, paralytics, and epileptics.
- I have illustrated this for my beginning New Testament students by comparing the story of the healing of the paralytic in the Gospels of Mark and Luke.
- Soon people were coming to see Him from as far as Canada who were suffering from every kind of disease and disorder: mental illness, epileptics, paralytics, and Joshua healed them all.
- The scribes, perhaps those who had earlier lost face and are by now smitten with envy, aggressively confront Jesus about his right to offer forgiveness to the paralytic.
- Almost all the seniors in these places are over 70 years old with a very weak physical condition and many are paralytics.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French paralytique, via Latin from Greek paralutikos ‘relating to paralysis’ (see paralysis).

单词	paralytic
释义	Definition of paralytic in English: paralytic adjective parəˈlɪtɪkˌpɛrəˈlɪdɪk 1Relating to paralysis. the incidence of paralytic disease Example sentencesExamples Red tides, for example, can cause outbreaks of life-threatening diseases, such as paralytic shellfish poisoning, which can shut down mussel and clam harvesting for long periods of time. Some toxic marine species cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, particularly when forming red tides. Tetanus is an acute, spastic paralytic illness caused by a toxin released from the bacterium Clostridium tetani. The mutations make it more transmissible and possibly more likely to cause paralytic disease than ordinary live vaccine-derived strains, according to the Health Department. The CDC website relates that there are two common types of rabies: ‘furious’ rabies and paralytic or ‘dumb’ rabies. Synonyms paralysed, crippled, disabled, incapacitated, dead, numb, benumbed, powerless, immobilized 2British informal predicative Extremely drunk. a leaving party which left everyone paralytic Example sentencesExamples He said excessive drinking was often glorified through the media and we had to change the current mindset that it was ‘a great laugh’ to persistently get paralytic drunk. The judge told him, ‘You were paralytic drunk and punched a perfectly decent man in the face.’ I was almost paralytic by midnight when I was meant to be on stage at Sound On Sunday collecting my prize. Young people, many of them still at school stagger out of the pub, intoxicated, paralytic from drinking too much alcohol. Elizabeth was drunker than anybody that night - she was paralytic. Synonyms intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin drunk, intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin noun parəˈlɪtɪkˌpɛrəˈlɪdɪk A person affected by paralysis. I do not wish to live as a helpless paralytic Example sentencesExamples The scribes, perhaps those who had earlier lost face and are by now smitten with envy, aggressively confront Jesus about his right to offer forgiveness to the paralytic. As the number and size of state hospitals increased, however, overcrowded wards housed chronic cases: long-term schizophrenics, the senile, paralytics, and epileptics. I have illustrated this for my beginning New Testament students by comparing the story of the healing of the paralytic in the Gospels of Mark and Luke. Almost all the seniors in these places are over 70 years old with a very weak physical condition and many are paralytics. Soon people were coming to see Him from as far as Canada who were suffering from every kind of disease and disorder: mental illness, epileptics, paralytics, and Joshua healed them all. Derivatives paralytically adverb But our mixed-up legal strategy is to insist, paralytically, on a kind of hyper-sovereignty of the nation-state. Example sentencesExamples With a threat like that hanging over their heads it was no wonder that everyone was paralytically drunk by 8 o clock. Passing sentence the judge told him: ‘I regard what occurred as a vicious act against a man who was paralytically drunk and at the time unable to defend himself.’ This is an event in itself, as Horace is a) paralytically shy and b) has had the conversational urge beaten out of him by fifty five years of having B's mum talk over him. It is both in the public and private interest that justice should be brisk, not paralytically lethargic. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French paralytique, via Latin from Greek paralutikos 'relating to paralysis' (see paralysis). Rhymes analytic, anchoritic, anthracitic, arthritic, bauxitic, calcitic, catalytic, critic, cryptanalytic, Cushitic, dendritic, diacritic, dioritic, dolomitic, enclitic, eremitic, hermitic, lignitic, mephitic, parasitic, psychoanalytic, pyritic, Sanskritic, saprophytic, Semitic, sybaritic, syenitic, syphilitic, troglodytic Definition of paralytic in US English: paralytic adjectiveˌperəˈlidikˌpɛrəˈlɪdɪk Relating to paralysis. the incidence of paralytic disease Example sentencesExamples The CDC website relates that there are two common types of rabies: ‘furious’ rabies and paralytic or ‘dumb’ rabies. Red tides, for example, can cause outbreaks of life-threatening diseases, such as paralytic shellfish poisoning, which can shut down mussel and clam harvesting for long periods of time. The mutations make it more transmissible and possibly more likely to cause paralytic disease than ordinary live vaccine-derived strains, according to the Health Department. Some toxic marine species cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, particularly when forming red tides. Tetanus is an acute, spastic paralytic illness caused by a toxin released from the bacterium Clostridium tetani. Synonyms paralysed, crippled, disabled, incapacitated, dead, numb, benumbed, powerless, immobilized nounˌperəˈlidikˌpɛrəˈlɪdɪk A person affected by paralysis. Example sentencesExamples As the number and size of state hospitals increased, however, overcrowded wards housed chronic cases: long-term schizophrenics, the senile, paralytics, and epileptics. I have illustrated this for my beginning New Testament students by comparing the story of the healing of the paralytic in the Gospels of Mark and Luke. Soon people were coming to see Him from as far as Canada who were suffering from every kind of disease and disorder: mental illness, epileptics, paralytics, and Joshua healed them all. The scribes, perhaps those who had earlier lost face and are by now smitten with envy, aggressively confront Jesus about his right to offer forgiveness to the paralytic. Almost all the seniors in these places are over 70 years old with a very weak physical condition and many are paralytics. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French paralytique, via Latin from Greek paralutikos ‘relating to paralysis’ (see paralysis).
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