paralytic

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Pakistan is launching a nationwide polio vaccination campaign on 28 October to vaccinate more than 45 million children under the age of five against paralytic polio.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2024

"We find paralytic shellfish toxins in our shellfish pretty much year-round at this point."

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2024

There’s all sorts of interpretations about what actually happens after the paralytic.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2024

Lewin initially set his sights on proving that the potentially fatal paralytic effects of certain toxic substances could be reversed with an antiparalytic drug administered via a nasal spray.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2023

His face lost all appearance of life and set itself into an expressionless mask, with the eyeballs fixed, paralytic, and staring.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston