ATHETOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("athetosis" is a kind of...):

nervous disorder; neurological disease; neurological disorder (a disorder of the nervous system)

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