'Paralytic secretion' definitions:
Definition of 'Paralytic secretion'
From: GCIDE
- Paralytic \Par`a*lyt"ic\, a. [L. paralyticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. paralytique.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Affected with paralysis, or palsy. [1913 Webster]
- The cold, shaking, paralytic hand. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Inclined or tending to paralysis. [1913 Webster]
- Paralytic secretion (Physiol.), the fluid, generally thin and watery, secreted from a gland after section or paralysis of its nerves, as the paralytic saliva. [1913 Webster]