1) Cerebral palsy type 2) Nervous disorder 3) Neurological disease 4) Neurological disorder
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Athetosis is a symptom characterized by slow, involuntary, convoluted, writhing movements of the fingers, hands, toes, and feet and in some cases, arms, legs, neck and tongue. Movements typical of athetosis are sometimes called athetoid movements. Lesions to the brain are most often the direct cause of the symptoms, particularly to the corpus stri...
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nervous twitching of digits and extremities
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• (n.) A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes.
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(Gr. athetos not fixed + -osis) a derangement marked by ceaseless occurrence of slow, sinuous, writhing movements, especially severe in the hands, and performed involuntarily; it may occur after hemiplegia, and is then known as posthemiplegic chorea. Called also mobile spasm.
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A condition in which there is a succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the fingers and hands, and sometimes of the toes and feet.
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slow, purposeless, and involuntary movements of the hands, feet, face, tongue, and neck (as well as other muscle groups). The fingers are separately ... [1 related articles]
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[Greek = `without fixed position`] Term coined by Hammond (1871) to describe a state of continual motion (of hand, limb, etc.), often slow and writhing.
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<neurology> A derangement marked by ceaseless occurrence of slow, sinuous, writhing movements, especially severe in the hands and performed involuntarily, it may occur after hemiplegia and is then known as posthemiplegic chorea. ... Synonym: mobile spasm. ... Origin: Gr. Athetos = not fixed ... (13 Nov 1997) ...
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(ath″ә-to´sis) repetitive involuntary, slow, sinuous, writhing movements. Positions of fingers in movements of athetosis.
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Dyskinesias in which there are slow, repetitive, sinuous involuntary movements.
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Writhing movements
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Ath`e·to'sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... not fixed;
'a priv. + ... to set.]
(Medicine) A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ath′ĕ-tō′sis Definitions: 1. A condition in which there is a constant succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of flexion, extension, pronation, and supination of the fingers and hands, and sometimes of the toes and feet. Usually caused by an extrapyramidal lesion. Synonyms: extrapyramidal ...
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Athetosis: Involuntary writhing movements particularly of the arms and hands.
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n] - a continuous succession of slow writing involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts
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athetosis 1. A nervous disorder that is marked by continual slow movements especially of the extremities and is usually due to a brain lesion. 2. A derangement marked by ceaseless occurrence of slow, sinuous, writhing movements, especially severe in the hands and performed involuntarily, it may occur after hemiplegia and is then known as posthemip...
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noun a continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts
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a condition, chiefly in children, of slow, involuntary, wormlike movements of the fingers, toes, hands, and feet, usually resulting from a brain lesion.
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