muscle paralysis
Inability to move
Muscle paralysis is the loss of voluntary movement in one or more muscles, typically from nerve damage, injury, or disease affecting the connection between brain and muscle.
Paralysis may be partial or complete, temporary or permanent.
The stroke left him with muscle paralysis on his left side.
When affecting large body regions, it takes specific names: paraplegia for the legs, quadriplegia for all four limbs.
- diplegiaParalysis of corresponding body parts
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- nerve damageInjured neural tissue
- limbJointed bodily projection
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
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Self-initiated bodily action
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