Paralysis
Paralysis , noun
[Latin, from Greek para`lysis, from paraly`ein to loosen, dissolve, or disable at the side; para` beside + ly`ein to loosen. See Para-, and Loose, and compare Palsy.]
(Medicine) 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; as, paralysis of the will.
Utter paralysis of memory.
Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of the powers of ownership.