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.
PARALYTIC
Par`a*lyt"ic, n.
Defn: A person affected with paralysis.
PARALYTICAL
Par`a*lyt"ic*al, a.
Defn: See Paralytic.
PARALYZATION
Par`a*ly*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act or process of paralyzing, or the state of being paralyzed.
PARALYZE
Par"a*lyze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paralyzed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Paralyzing.] Etym: [F. paralyser. See Paralysis.]
1. To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.
2. Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts.