Associations to the word «Athetosis»

Wiktionary

ATHETOSIS, noun. (symptom) A series of involuntary writhing movements of the limbs, typically bilateral and symmetric and predominantly affecting the distal parts of the limbs.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

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Friedrich Nietzsche