paralytic

Example Sentences

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But patients’ bodies try to shiver, which raises the temperature, so they must be sedated or given paralytic agents.

From New York Times

They point to a case of paralytic polio reported last year in New York, and to recent measles surges in Minnesota and Ohio.

From Seattle Times

Oklahoma uses a three-drug lethal injection method starting with the sedative midazolam, rendering the person unconscious, followed by a paralytic vecuronium bromide and finally potassium chloride, which stops the heart.

From Seattle Times

The company warns that certain batches may contain bacteria that cause botulism, a fatal paralytic disease.

From Seattle Times

The Rockland County man diagnosed with paralytic polio in July lives in a community that was an epicenter of the 2019 measles outbreak.

From Washington Post