Main Entry: tick paralysis Function: noun : a progressive spinal paralysis that moves upward toward the brain in humans or lower animals and that is caused by aneurotoxin secreted by some ticks (as Dermacentor andersoni) and injected into the host during feeding
tick paralysisn. Ascending paralysis caused by the attachment of certain ticks, especially of the genera Dermacentor and Ixodes. Removal of the tick usually results in rapid recovery.
