athetosis

English

Noun

athetosis (countable and uncountable, plural athetoses)

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

Derived terms

• athetoid
• athetosic

Translations

series of involuntary writhing movements of the limbs

• Czech: atetóza f
• Finnish: atetoosi
• German: Athetose (de) f
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• Portuguese: atetose (pt)

Further reading

• “athetosis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• athetosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• thiasotes