pseudoparalysis

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

noun

Pathology.

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

Other Word Forms

• pseudoparalytic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pseudoparalysis¹

First recorded in 1885–90; pseudo- + paralysis