immobilization

Meanings

Plural: immobilizations

Noun

• fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing
  • "immobilization of the injured knee was necessary"
• the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement
  • "the storm caused complete immobilization of the rescue team"
• The act or process of preventing a thing from moving.
• The process in which organic soil matter is decomposed and absorbed by microorganisms, and thus not available to plants.

Synonyms

immobilisation, immobilizing

Antonyms

mobilization