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
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
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