paralytic

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Paralytic shellfish poisoning is a foodborne illness caused by consuming contaminated shellfish.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024

Paralytic shellfish poisoning can be deadly, especially to children.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024

Ayres says there have been no issues with domoic acid and Paralytic shellfish poisoning — marine toxins that are produced by algae or plankton blooms during higher ocean temperatures or environmental changes.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2011

Paralytic cases for the first nine months of 1955 totaled 7,886; so far this year, only 1,576.

From Time Magazine Archive

Paralytic stenosis of the larynx sometimes follows difficult forceps deliveries during which stretching or compression of the recurrent nerves occur.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier