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asterixis

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek α- (a-, not) +‎ στήριξις (stḗrixis, fixed position) from Ancient Greek στηρίζω (stērízō, make fast, fix,support)

Noun

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asterixis (countable and uncountable, plural asterixes)

  1. (pathology) An abnormal muscular tremor characterized by involuntary jerking of the hands

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