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ATHETOSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does athetosis mean?
• ATHETOSIS (noun)
The noun ATHETOSIS has 1 sense:
1. a continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts
Familiarity information: ATHETOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("athetosis" is a kind of...):
nervous disorder; neurological disease; neurological disorder (a disorder of the nervous system)
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