DYSKINESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dyskinesia mean? 

• DYSKINESIA (noun)
  The noun DYSKINESIA has 1 sense:

1. abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements

  Familiarity information: DYSKINESIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYSKINESIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

nervous disorder; neurological disease; neurological disorder (a disorder of the nervous system)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dyskinesia"):

tardive dyskinesia (involuntary rolling of the tongue and twitching of the face or trunk or limbs; often occurs in patients with Parkinsonism who are treated with phenothiazine)

 Context examples 

The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Time spent with dyskinesias.

(MDS-UPDRS - Time Spent with Dyskinesias, NCI Thesaurus)

Dyskinesia is abnormal uncontrolled movement and is a common symptom of many movement disorders.

(Movement Disorders, NIH)

This improves Parkinson symptoms, such as dyskinesia.

(Bromocriptine, NCI Thesaurus)

The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Functional impact of dyskinesias.

(MDS-UPDRS - Functional Impact of Dyskinesias, NCI Thesaurus)

The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Were dyskinesias (chorea or dystonia) present during examination?

(MDS-UPDRS - Dyskinesias During Exam, NCI Thesaurus)

This drug is used to treat symptoms of depression and may cause tardive dyskinesia.

(Amoxapine, NCI Thesaurus)

The clinical manifestations include changes in the muscle tone, dyskinesia, and akinesia.

(Extrapyramidal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized rating scale developed by William Guy in 1976 which is used to evaluate the severity of tardive dyskinesia in individuals taking neuroleptic agents.

(Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Tremors are a type of dyskinesia.

(Movement Disorders, NIH)