pseudoparalysis

[soo-doh-puh-ral-uh-sis]

pseu·do·pa·ral·y·sis

[soo-doh-puh-ral-uh-sis]
noun Pathology.
the inability to move a part of the body owing to factors, as pain, other than those causing actual paralysis.

Origin:
1885–90; pseudo- + paralysis

pseu·do·par·a·lyt·ic [soo-duh-par-uh-lit-ik] , adjective
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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pseudoparalysis pseu·do·pa·ral·y·sis (s&oomacr;'dō-pə-rāl'ĭ-sĭs)
n.
A voluntary restriction or inhibition of motion because of pain, incoordination, or other cause, not due to actual muscular paralysis. Also called pseudoparesis.

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