paralysis

Loss or impairment of the ability to move a body part, usually as a result of damage to its nerve supply.

Loss of sensation over a region of the body.

Inability to move or function; total stoppage or severe impairment of activity.

The impairment of the normal capacity of the nervous system for bringing into action one or more active organs, muscular or glandular, or for receiving impressions along one or more sensory paths.

Figuratively, loss of energy; loss of the power of performing regular functions; the state of being crippled, as in an emergency, or helpless amid any circumstances.

Paralysis due to an encephalic lesion.

Muscular pseudohypertrophy.

Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp., the loss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See hemiplegia, and paraplegia. Also used figuratively.

The complete loss of voluntary control of part of person’s body, such as one or more limbs.