Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In medicine: Effective against paralysis.
- An epithet applied to the secretion of the submaxillary gland on one side when the chorda tympani on the other side has been cut so as to produce a paralytic secretion on that side. In this sense also called
antilytic . - noun In medicine, a remedy for paralysis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Good against paralysis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective medicine Acting against
paralysis . - noun A
medicine to treatparalysis .
Etymologies
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anti- + paralytic
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Examples
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Which gave them a chance to discover the antiparalytic qualities of Parsaea.
the ship who sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969
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Which gave them a chance to discover the antiparalytic qualities of Parsaea.
The Ship Who Sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969
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