"athetosis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: athetoses [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄθετος (áthetos, “not fixed”), itself from τίθημι (títhēmi). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἄθετος||not fixed}} Ancient Greek ἄθετος (áthetos, “not fixed”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|athetoses}} 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medical signs and symptoms Derived forms: athetoid, athetosic, choreoathetosis Translations (series of involuntary writhing movements of the limbs): atetóza [feminine] (Czech), atetoosi (Finnish), Athetose [feminine] (German), atetoza [feminine] (Polish), atetose (Portuguese)

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