paraplectic, a.
(pærəˈplɛktɪk)
[ad. Gr. παραπληκτικ-ός, f. παραπλήσσ-ειν: see paraplegia.]
1. Affected with paraplegia: = paraplegic.
| 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 13 Those that are vertiginous, epileptick, apoplectick, paraplectick. 1857 in Mayne Expos. Lex. |
2. paraplectic weevil, a species of weevil (Lixus paraplecticus, Linn.) inhabiting a plant the eating of which causes the staggers in horses.
| 1802 Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) III. 135 The larvæ of the Paraplectic Weevil inhabit the interior part of the stems of an umbelliferous plant, the phellandrium aquaticum. |