| paralytic strabismus | Strabismus due to weakness of an ocular muscle or muscles. Synonym: incomitant strabismus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| paralytical | See Paralytic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paralyzant | 1. Causing paralysis. 2. Any agent, such as curare, that causes paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paralyze | 1. To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy. 2. To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralysed the community; despondency paralysed his efforts. Origin: F. Paralyser. See Paralysis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paralyzing vertigo | A paroxysmal attack of severe vertigo, not accompanied by deafness or tinnitus, which affects young to middle-aged adults, often following a non-specific upper respiratory infection; due to unilateral vestibular dysfunction. Synonym: endemic paralytic vertigo, epidemic vertigo, Gerlier's disease, kubisagari, kubisagaru, paralyzing vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |