[syn: immobilization, immobilisation, immobilizing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
immobilisation \immobilisation\ immobilization
\immobilization\n.
The act or process of limiting movement or making incapable
of movement; as, immobilization of the injured knee was
necessary; the storm caused complete immobilization of the
rescue team.
Syn: immobilizing.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
immobilization
n 1: fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to
promote proper healing; "immobilization of the injured knee
was necessary" [syn: immobilization, immobilisation]
2: the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement;
"the storm caused complete immobilization of the rescue team"
[syn: immobilization, immobilisation, immobilizing]