Definitions for athetosis

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athetosis ath·e·to·sis

Spelling: [ath-i-toh-sis]

IPA: /ˌæθ ɪˈtoʊ sɪs/

Athetosis is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 349 anagrams from letters in athetosis (aehiosstt).

Definitions for athetosis

noun

1. a condition, chiefly in children, of slow, involuntary, wormlike movements of the fingers, toes, hands, and feet, usually resulting from a brain lesion.

Origin of athetosis

1870-75; Greek áthet(os) not placed (a- a-⁶ + thetós, equivalent to the- (stem of tithénai to set, put) + -tos verbid suffix) + -osis

Examples for athetosis

More unusual is the rhythmical closing and opening of the hand, successively, of athetosis.