as in paralyzed
affected with paralysis
at first, he would not accept that he was now paralytic and needed help
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Recent Examples of paralytic
An additional 200,000 paralytic polio cases per year if programs are permanently ceased.
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
In addition to performance anxiety, my rigid musical education had left me with an almost paralytic inability to improvise or play by ear.
—Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
The polio vaccines prevented 29 million cases of paralytic polio between 1960 and 2021, compared with a counterfactual world with no vaccines, according to researchers’ estimates.
—Soph Warnes, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
In 2022 public health officials were unable to trace the source of infection of a man who developed paralytic polio in a highly unvaccinated community in Rockland County in New York State.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
In addition to performance anxiety, my rigid musical education had left me with an almost paralytic inability to improvise or play by ear.
—Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
The polio vaccines prevented 29 million cases of paralytic polio between 1960 and 2021, compared with a counterfactual world with no vaccines, according to researchers’ estimates.
—Soph Warnes, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
In 2022 public health officials were unable to trace the source of infection of a man who developed paralytic polio in a highly unvaccinated community in Rockland County in New York State.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paralytic
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Before the polio vaccine was introduced in 1955, tens of thousands of children were catching the disease every year; thousands of them died, and more were left paralyzed.—
Bruce Handy,
The Atlantic,
16 Apr. 2025
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Because tariffs are a type of taxation, Mr. Trump’s plan is among the largest tax increases in decades, analysts say, a policy change that sent the stock market reeling, paralyzed corporate investment and shoved the economy closer to a recession.—
Andrew Duehren,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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As the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service, Oz is now in charge of Medicare, the federal organization covering healthcare for Americans over 65 years old and disabled people as well as Medicaid, the org that provides medical coverage for low-income people.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Gordon Hartman founded it in 2010 in honor of his disabled daughter, Morgan.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Paralytic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paralytic. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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