paraballism

English

Etymology

para- +‎ ballism

Noun

paraballism (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Ballism that affects both legs.
   • 1965, Books from Hungary - Volumes 7-9, page 26:

     The book deals with cerebral injuries impeding the clinical appearance of ballism, particularly stressing interrelations of ballism and chorea. Based on personal experiments, the author discusses paraballism too.

   • 2012, Robert B. Daroff, Gerald M Fenichel, Joseph Jankovic, Neurology in Clinical Practice, →ISBN:

     Ballism is a dramatic proximal ballistic flinging movement (see Chapter 21) that most commonly affects the limbs on one side of the body (hemiballism), but involvement in both legs (paraballism) or both sides of the body (biballism) has been reported.

   • 2017, Deborah A. Hall, Brandon R. Barton, Non-Parkinsonian Movement Disorders, →ISBN, page 55:

     Rarely, it can occur bilaterally (biballism) or affect both legs (paraballism).