immobilization

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Many didn’t have obvious risk factors, such as a recent surgery or immobilization, and some were young—even in their 20s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2025

That can produce psychic numbing, the inability or disinclination to feel, which can reach the point of immobilization.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024

Surgery might be required, and a prolonged period of rest, immobilization, and treatment can be difficult to endure.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

“Achieving operational temperature and the concurrent running of both melters will represent a major step toward future immobilization of Hanford tank waste,” the Department of Energy said in a message to the advisory board Wednesday.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024

If the spacecraft’s three landing pods had sunk deeply into a loosely packed soil, various undesirable consequences would have followed, including immobilization of the sample arm.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan