pseudoparalysis

pseudoparalysis
pseudoparalytic /sooh'deuh par'euh lit"ik/, adj.
/sooh"doh peuh ral"euh sis/, n. Pathol.
the inability to move a part of the body owing to factors, as pain, other than those causing actual paralysis.
[1885-90; PSEUDO- + PARALYSIS]

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