paralysis

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Delays in antivenom administration can result in respiratory failure, paralysis, irreversible tissue damage, or organ failure.

From BBC

“I was in a state of absolute political paralysis.”

From The Wall Street Journal

As a group, you are experiencing decision paralysis —the inability to choose when presented with too many options.

From MarketWatch

Over the years, it causes muscles to weaken, increasing the risk of falls, before paralysis sets in, affecting cardiac activity and breathing.

From Barron's

Controllable endemic diseases like high blood pressure will be undiagnosed and ignored until paralysis sets in.

From MarketWatch