FESTINATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Derivation:

festinate (act or move at high speed)

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