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. A person affected with paralysis.

Paralytical
(Par`a*lyt"ic*al) a. See Paralytic.

Paralyzation
(Par`a*ly*za"tion) n. 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 ] [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.

Param
(Par"am) n. (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C2H4N4); — called also dicyandiamide.

Paramagnetic
(Par`a*mag*net"ic) a. [Pref. para- + magnetic.] Magnetic, as opposed to diamagnetic.n. A paramagnetic substance. Faraday.Par`a*mag*net"ic*al*ly adv.

Paramagnetism
(Par`a*mag"net*ism) n. Magnetism, as opposed to diamagnetism. Faraday.

Paramaleic
(Par`a*ma*le"ic) a. [Pref. para- + maleic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from malic acid, and now called fumaric acid. [Obs.]

Paramalic
(Par`a*ma"lic) a. [Pref. para- + malic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid metameric with malic acid.

Paramastoid
(Par`a*mas"toid) a. [Pref. para- + mastoid.] (Anat.) Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; — applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

Paramatta
(Par`a*mat"ta) n. [So named from Paramatta, in Australia.] A light fabric of cotton and worsted, resembling bombazine or merino. Beck (Draper's Dict.)

Paralogy
(Pa*ral"o*gy) n. [Gr. para` beside, beyond + reason.] False reasoning; paralogism.

Paralyse
(Par"a*lyse) v. t. Same as Paralyze.

Paralysis
(Pa*ral"y*sis) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. to loosen, dissolve, or disable at the side; para` beside + to loosen. See Para-, and Loose, and cf. Palsy.] (Med.) Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp., the loss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See Hemiplegia, and Paraplegia. Also used figuratively. "Utter paralysis of memory." G. Eliot.

Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of the powers of ownership.
Duke of Argyll

Paralytic
(Par`a*lyt"ic) a. [L. paralyticus, Gr. : cf. F. paralytique.]

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.

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