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.
Paralytic secretion(Physiol.), the fluid, generally thin and watery, secreted from a gland after section or paralysis of its nerves, as the paralytic saliva.