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paralyse(dictionary)

pyrimidine (sh) and paralyse (iou)


pyrimidine (sh)




Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds with a ring structure of four carbon and two nitrogen atoms.

The simplest member, pyrimidine itself (C4H4N2), is not common, but Derivatives with the structure are. Examples include thiamine (vitamin B1), several sulfa drugs, barbiturates, and three of the bases in nucleic acids (cytosine, thymine, and uracil).


paralyse (iou)



paralyse verb trans. Also *paralyze, paralize. LME.
[French paralyser, from paralysie: see PALSY noun1, and cf. ANALYSE verb.]
Wound. rare. Only in LME.
Deprive of the power to act; make powerless, helpless, inactive, or ineffective; halt the normal activity of (a factory, community, etc.). L18.
Sun (Baltimore) A railway strike will paralyse the nation on the eve of the holiday week. A. Higgins His presence paralysed her; she could not open her mouth.
Affect with paralysis. E19.
P. Cutting Wounded by a sniper's bullet, paralysing him from the waist down.
paraly'sation noun the action of paralysing something; the state of being paralysed: M19.
paralysed adjective (a) affected with paralysis; (b) slang (chiefly US) temporarily incapacitated through drink: M19.
paralyser noun a paralysing agent M19.
paralysingly adverb in a paralysing manner E20.