functional paralysis

This interaction results in functional paralysis of T cells.

Having put her sleuth through an existential crisis that came close to functional paralysis, Grafton is surely too shrewd to leave it at that.

One reason REM sleep might be difficult in marine settings is the fact that REM sleep causes muscular atony; that is to say, a functional paralysis of skeletal muscles that can be difficult to combine with the need to breathe regularly.