What's the difference between paralysis and paralytic?

Paralysis


Definition:

  • (n.) 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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Anterior borderzone brachial paralysis (ABBP) is a hemodynamic ischemic syndrome of the watershed zone between the anterior and middle cerebral arteries.
  • (2) Ruthenium red (RuR) inhibits Ca2+ uptake and transmitter release in synaptosomes, and produces flaccid paralysis when injected intraperitoneally (IP) and convulsions after intracranial administration.
  • (3) It is concluded that intraventricular 5-HT raises rectal temperature in cats when the amount is not too large, and that a hypothermic effect when it occurs results from paralysis of cells in the anterior hypothalamus which are excited by small doses.
  • (4) Stimulating the dorsal root at L5 was found to produce hindleg twitches in EAE rats with complete hindlimb paralysis.
  • (5) Results indicate that laryngeal paralysis following severe trauma can be a very early sign of aortic injury and requires prompt and thorough investigation.
  • (6) Weakness of the flexor pollicis longus, flexor digitorum profundus and pronator quadratus is usually related to an isolated paralysis of the anterior interosseous nerve in the volar aspect of the forearm.
  • (7) The occurrence of paresis or paralysis in ischemic processes strictly situated in the thalamus, however, is discussed: the deficit may be limited to parts of limbs; most often, it is not associated with pyramidal symptomatology; recovery is observed in the hand before the inferior limb.
  • (8) One hypothesis to account for intercellular invasion proposes that a necessary condition for a cell type to be invasive to a given host tissue is that it lack contact paralysis of locomotion during collision with cells of that host tissue.
  • (9) The incidenc- of cranial nerve paralysis in 37 percent and the incidence of intracranial extension is 14.6 percent.
  • (10) In addition to vocal cord paralysis on the laryngoscopy, videofluoroscopy confirmed diminished mobility of the soft palate.
  • (11) In Ca-free solutions, paralysis was induced after a sequence of no more than three pulses to 0 mV; in the presence of D600 only one pulse was sufficient.
  • (12) Linkage studies were performed in six European families with hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis (PPII) with myotonia, an autosomal dominantly inherited disorder characterised by episodic weakness.
  • (13) Here a diaphragm support breath pattern was used in voice therapy for patients with vocal nodules, recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, and incomplete glottal closure.
  • (14) Most of these patients were managed without paralysis using intermittent mandatory ventilation and positive-end expiratory pressure (PEEP).
  • (15) The heat shock-induced synthesis of organophosphorus acid hydrolases in transgenic flies conferred enhanced resistance to toxic paralysis by the organophosphate insecticide paraoxon.
  • (16) In both, objective aggravation occurred in three or more steps over four days, progressing from minor finger clumsiness to total paralysis of the arm.
  • (17) The main response characteristics are an immediate motor 'paralysis' (prolonged and generalized immobility), unresponsiveness, and abrupt and profound bradycardia.
  • (18) Coonhound paralysis (CHP), a polyradiculoneuritis of dogs that resembles the human Guillain-Barré syndrome, was experimentally reproduced by inoculating a dog with raccoon saliva.
  • (19) The spectrum of disabilities attendant to laryngeal paralysis range from mild hoarseness to complete upper airway obstruction depending upon the static position of the paralyzed cord or cords.
  • (20) The postoperative recovery of the gastrointestinal tract was similar in the two groups in duration of nasogastric drainage, intravenous fluid therapy, and intestinal paralysis.

Paralytic


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.
  • (a.) Affected with paralysis, or palsy.
  • (a.) Inclined or tending to paralysis.
  • (n.) A person affected with paralysis.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Paralytic lagophthalmos was corrected using gold weights inserted into the upper eyelid.
  • (2) The patient subsequently developed paralytic ileus with lesions of the intestinal wall, probably based on ischemia as a result of this arteritis.
  • (3) The present study assesses the ability of this recombinant immunomodulatory lectin (rIML-1), to prevent experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a paralytic T cell-mediated disease directed against myelin basic protein (BP).
  • (4) Of the paralytic cases 22% had proper vaccination while improper vaccination was found in 78%.
  • (5) mu-Conotoxin GIIIA, a 22 amino acid peptide paralytic toxin which inhibits the muscle voltage-activated sodium channels, was synthesized by a solid phase method.
  • (6) The authors conclude that laminectomy on a chronic paralytic through the insensate area should be coupled with fusion and instrumentation even if the facet joints and capsules are preserved during the laminectomy.
  • (7) Similar alterations occurred in the paralytic step of botulinic intoxication.
  • (8) This ocular sign, non-paralytic pontine exotropia, disappeared three days later.
  • (9) These patients fit the diagnostic category described by Higier as a "paralytic equivalent of epilepsy without disturbance of consciousness in the form of status hemiparalyticus," and described by others as inhibitory seizures or partial seizures with subsequent hemigeneralization.
  • (10) Use of sedatives and paralytic drugs did not increase the risk of complications or patient deterioration.
  • (11) Three patients with chronic diarrhoea, paralytic ileus and malabsorption are reported.
  • (12) Indications for this technique include senile and paralytic ectropion, recurrent entropion, congenital malpositions, and lid laxity following trauma or enucleation.
  • (13) Ten children had an arthrodesis of the shoulder for a paralytic condition involving the muscles; nine of them were available for long-term follow-up.
  • (14) Paralytic signs were divided into type 1 signs (present on admission) and type 2 signs (appearing later while on atropine treatment).
  • (15) It is established that the activity of Na+, K+ = ATPase and Mg2+, Ca2+ = ATPase lowers significantly at the paralytic stage of the disease.
  • (16) It manufactures two of the three drugs used by Oklahoma on Tuesday – midazolam and vecuronium bromide, a paralytic agent that when used in an execution setting prevents the prisoner from moving or speaking.
  • (17) A training system for the prevention of pressure sores has been designed to teach the paralytic person to relieve pressure intermittently from his ischium while sitting in a wheelchair.
  • (18) The most frequent complication was paralytic intestinal ileus.
  • (19) He developed stress ulcers, pulmonary thromboembolism, sepsis, paralytic ileus and bilateral ureteral fistula.
  • (20) From 1962 to 1968 a total of 659 paralytic cases were officially notified.

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