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noun
A state of involuntary muscle movements, like tics and torticollis, and reduced voluntary muscle movements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A disorder involving such state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: nervous disorder, neurological disorder, neurological disease
Narrower terms: tardive dyskinesia
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- English -kinesia English dyskinesia From dys- + -kinesia.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
