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(medicine) Alternative form of akinesia [(medicine) The loss of the ability to control motor muscles.]
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akinesia; loss of muscle control
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(obsolete, medicine) wasting away
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(pathology) An abnormal muscular tremor characterized by involuntary jerking of the hands
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(pathology) A lack of muscular coordination
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defective or absent coordination between organs, muscles, limbs or joints, resulting in a loss in movement or speed
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(pathology) Lacking muscle tone.
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Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia
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(medicine) Slowness of movement.
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(pathology) A rare form of muscular stiffening that occurs at the moment of death and persists into the period of rigor mortis.
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(medicine) Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.
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(medicine) catatonia; rigidity of the body
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A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
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(pathology) Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance.
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(medicine) clonus; clonic spasm
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The prevention of muscular twitches.
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The impairment of the ability to perform rapidly alternating movements.
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(pathology) uncoordinated movement
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Of or pertaining to dysgeusia.
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(countable) A disorder involving such state.
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A reduced ability to control and coordinate movement
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An inability to control or to limit muscular movement.
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(medicine) A medical condition wherein the activation of different parts of the heart is improperly synchronized.
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(physiology) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly
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(pathology) Alternative form of dysstasia [(pathology) difficulty in standing]
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(pathology) Characterised by dystopia
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Alternative form of dyssynergia [(physiology) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly]
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Of or relating to eclampsia.
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(medicine) tonic spasm; any disease characterized by tonic spasms, such as tetanus or trismus
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(medicine) Of or relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms.
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(anatomy, muscles) (toxicology, venoms) An involuntary muscle twitch, usually localised and temporary, but that may be intensified and prolonged fatally by particular poisons and venoms such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.
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The involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g. Parkinson's disease).
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A movement disorder of the mentalis muscle.
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Alternative form of hemianopsic [Exhibiting or relating to hemianopsia.]
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Alternative form of hemianopsic [Exhibiting or relating to hemianopsia.]
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(pathology) Synonym of convulsion
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(medicine) An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.
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Alternative form of hypaethral [Open-air, outdoor, exposed to the sky.]
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(obsolete) Coming from the hypochondria; pertaining to or caused by depressive spirits.
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(pathology) Slowed or diminished movement of the body.
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Having or relating to hyposmia.
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(medicine) The electroencephalographic features of random high-voltage slow waves and spikes seen in patients with infantile spasms.
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(chiefly physiology) Lack of coordination, especially in terms of muscle control.
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(rare) A neurotic disorder characterized by tics, spasms, or other abnormal motor activity.
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(medicine) A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening; laryngospasm.
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(medicine) Electric sensations of the spine and limbs induced by flexing the neck forward.
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(medicine) Electric sensations of the spine and limbs induced by flexing the neck forward.
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ballismus confined to a single limb
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chorea confined to a single member or part of the body
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Having or relating to monoplegia.
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Any medical condition characterized by myoclonus.
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(medicine) An involuntary spontaneous quivering of part of a muscle, insufficient to move a joint.
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A sudden, involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle
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A nervous spasm or twitching of a muscle.
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(medicine) Sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases.
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Alternative form of opisthotonos [(medicine) Sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases.]
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muscular rigidity associated with tetanus
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(medicine) A form of hypertonia with an involuntary variable resistance (i.e. reduced ability of a muscle to stretch) during passive movement.
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Having or relating to paruresis; unable to urinate in the presence of others.
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A form of tetanic spasm of the muscles in which the body is bent to one side.
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(medicine) A rare neurological disorder characterized by dystonia and abnormal and sustained involuntary muscle contraction.
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A group of symptoms resembling those of tetanus, but not actually caused by tetanus.
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Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
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(medicine, obsolete) A spasmodic condition due to medullary excitation.
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(medicine) Resembling a spasm
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(medicine) An area of neurology that deals with spasticity and its management.
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Having or relating to spasmophilia.
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(archaic) Of or relating to spasms; spastic.
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(medicine) A syndrome characterised by the symptom triad of head nodding, ocular oscillations and anomalous head position (torticollis).
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(pathology) Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
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(medicine) Sydenham’s chorea.
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(neurology) A disease characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements affecting primarily the face, feet and hands.
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(medicine) A form of more or less continuous muscular hypertonicity sometimes seen in young infants.
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Relating to spastic tetraplegia
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(zoology) A behaviour in which an animal appears to be temporarily paralysed and unresponsive to external stimuli, for example in response to the threat of a predator.
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The sensation of pain in the viscera
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(rare) A spasm experienced whilst attempting to use a shaving razor.
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