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  • adjective Not paralytic.

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non- +‎ paralytic

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  • Many patients may not get an accurate diagnosis, because CFIDS/ME is one of several conditions with similar body pain and weakness post-polio syndrome, which occurs in survivors of both paralytic and nonparalytic poliomyelitis; chronic Lyme disease; fibromyalgia; multiple sclerosis; and lupus.

    OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

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