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athetosis

athetosis noun: a series of involuntary writhing movements of the limbs, typically bilateral and symmetric and predominantly affecting the distal parts of the limbs.

Noun

athetosis (countable and uncountable, plural athetoses)

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

athetosis meaning in Tamil

athetosis in Tamil

காணங்கி, சுழல் வாதம்

Forms of athetosis

pluralathetoses

Origin of athetosis

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

Words formed from athetosis

Questions about athetosis

What does athetosis mean?
Athetosis means a series of involuntary writhing movements of the limbs, typically bilateral and symmetric and predominantly affecting the distal parts of the limbs.
What is athetosis in Tamil?
Athetosis in Tamil is காணங்கி, சுழல் வாதம். See Athetosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is athetosis?
Athetosis is a noun.
What is the plural of athetosis?
The plural of athetosis is athetoses.

Words near athetosis in the dictionary

  1. athetizes
  2. athetizing
  3. athetoid
  4. athetoses
  5. athetosic
  6. athetosis
  7. athetotic
  8. Athey
  9. Atheys
  10. athiesm
  11. athiest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: athetosis (page history and authors); athetosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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