DYSKINESIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dyskinesia"):

tardive dyskinesia (involuntary rolling of the tongue and twitching of the face or trunk or limbs; often occurs in patients with Parkinsonism who are treated with phenothiazine)

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