TARDIVE DYSKINESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tardive dyskinesia mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARDIVE DYSKINESIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

dyskinesia (abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements)

 Context examples 

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

(Amoxapine, 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)