pseudoparalysis

US: (so̅o̅′dō pə ral′ə sis)

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pseu•do•pa•ral•y•sis  (so̅o̅′dō pə ral′ə sis), n. [Pathol.]

1. Pathology the inability to move a part of the body owing to factors, as pain, other than those causing actual paralysis.

• 1885–90; pseudo- + paralysis

pseu•do•par•a•lyt•ic  (so̅o̅′də par′ə lit′ik), adj.