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Definition: Paralytic secretion
Paralytic
\Par`a*lyt"ic\, a. [L. paralyticus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
paralytique.]
1. Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.
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2. Affected with paralysis, or palsy.
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The cold, shaking, paralytic hand. --Prior.
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3. Inclined or tending to paralysis.
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Paralytic secretion (Physiol.), the fluid, generally thin
and watery, secreted from a gland after section or
paralysis of its nerves, as the paralytic saliva.
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