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noun
A series of involuntary writhing movements of the limbs, typically bilateral and symmetric and predominantly affecting the distal parts of the limbs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
a continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: nervous disorder, neurological disorder, neurological disease
History
From Ancient Greek ἄθετος (áthetos, “not fixed”), itself from τίθημι (títhēmi), + -osis.
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