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dyskinesia

US/dɪs.kəˈniʒə/

dyskinesia noun: a state of involuntary muscle movements, like tics and torticollis, and reduced voluntary muscle movements.

Noun

dyskinesia (countable and uncountable, plural dyskinesias)

  1. (uncountable) A state of involuntary muscle movements, like tics and torticollis, and reduced voluntary muscle movements.
  2. (countable) A disorder involving such state.

dyskinesia meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Indonesian

dyskinesia in Tamil

அசைவிழப்பு, இயக்கக்கேடு

dyskinesia in Bengali

অনৈচ্ছিক পেশির নড়াচড়ার অবস্থা, এরূপ অবস্থাসংবলিত একটি রোগ, ব্যাধি

dyskinesia in Indonesian

impairment of voluntary movement
diskinesia

Forms of dyskinesia

pluraldyskinesias

Origin of dyskinesia

From dys- + -kinesia.

Words formed from dyskinesia

Questions about dyskinesia

What does dyskinesia mean?
Dyskinesia means a state of involuntary muscle movements, like tics and torticollis, and reduced voluntary muscle movements.
What is dyskinesia in Tamil?
Dyskinesia in Tamil is அசைவிழப்பு, இயக்கக்கேடு. See Dyskinesia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dyskinesia?
Dyskinesia is a noun.
How do you pronounce dyskinesia?
Dyskinesia is pronounced /dɪs.kəˈniʒə/ (US).
What is the plural of dyskinesia?
The plural of dyskinesia is dyskinesias.

Words near dyskinesia in the dictionary

  1. dyskeratosis
  2. dyskeratosis congenita
  3. dyskeratotic
  4. dyskerin
  5. dyskertotic
  6. dyskinesia
  7. dyskinesias
  8. dyskinesiogenic
  9. dyskinesis
  10. dyskinetic
  11. dyskinetoplastic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dyskinesia (page history and authors); dyskinesia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dyskinesia (Bengali 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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