Usually means: Consciousness trapped, body cannot move.
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  1. locked-in syndrome: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. locked-in syndrome: The Word Spy
  3. locked-in syndrome, locked-in syndrome: Collins English Dictionary
  4. locked-in syndrome: Wiktionary
  5. locked-in syndrome: Dictionary.com
  6. Locked-in syndrome: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. locked-in syndrome: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Locked-In syndrome: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. locked-in syndrome: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Locked-in syndrome, Syndrome, locked-in: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  7. locked-in syndrome: Medical dictionary
  8. Locked-in Syndrome: Brain Injury
  9. Locked-in syndrome, Syndrome, locked-in: Drug Medical Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (locked-in syndrome)

noun:  (medicine, neurology) A rare, severe physical disorder in which a person cannot speak and is paralyzed—with the possible exception of some voluntary eye movement—while their mental faculties remain fully intact.

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