"akinesia" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: akinesias [plural]
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek ἀκῐνησίᾱ (akinēsíā, “quiescence”, “rest”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κῐνέω (kinéō, “I move”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἀκινησία|ἀκῐνησίᾱ|quiescence”, “rest}} Ancient Greek ἀκῐνησίᾱ (akinēsíā, “quiescence”, “rest”), {{m|grc|ἀ-||not}} ἀ- (a-, “not”), {{m|grc|κινέω|κῐνέω|I move}} κῐνέω (kinéō, “I move”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} akinesia (countable and uncountable, plural akinesias)
  1. (medicine) The loss of the ability to control motor muscles. Wikipedia link: akinesia Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Related terms: akinesic, akinetic, hypokinesia [hypernym] Translations (loss of the ability to control muscles): acinesia [feminine] (Galician), Akinese [feminine] (German), akinesi [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), akinezja [feminine] (Polish), akineza [feminine] (Polish), acinesia [feminine] (Portuguese)

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