athetosis

Meaning

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

Synonyms

Hammond’s disease

Translations

atetosis

Athetose

atetose

atetosi

athetose

spasmi mobili

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄθετος (áthetos, “not fixed”), itself from τίθημι (títhēmi), + -osis.

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