paralytic

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Early symptoms of paralytic shellfish poisoning include tingling of the lips and tongue that could start anywhere from a few minutes to hours after eating toxic shellfish.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

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

At lunch, I ate my lard sandwiches with paralytic slowness, but sooner or later, the janitor started putting the chairs up on the tables.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls