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paralytic

[par-uh-lit-ik] / ˌpær əˈlɪt ɪk /


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During this six-month period, mussels may have naturally occurring toxins that can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning and domoic acid biotoxins, also known as amnesic shellfish poisoning.

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 2025

“Every paralytic polio case means there are hundreds of children who are silently affected by poliovirus and are potentially carrying and spreading it throughout their communities,” she added.

From BBC Oct. 20, 2024

After an outbreak of paralytic shellfish poisoning that has sickened about 20 people, the Oregon Health Authority is urging people to discard mussels harvested from a stretch of the coast since Saturday.

From Seattle Times May 29, 2024

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

From Science Daily Mar. 21, 2024

They told us that a blod clot had formed on my mother’s brain and that another paralytic stroke had set in.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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