dysmimia
dysmimia noun: an inability to use gestures effectively.
Noun
dysmimia (countable and uncountable, plural dysmimias)
- An inability to use gestures effectively
- The terms used to indicate special varieties of aberration are as follows: Aphaemia or ap[h]thongia, loss of power to articulate; agraphia, inability to write or to understand writing; amimia or dysmimia, cessation of the faculty both to make and understand gestures formerly well understood and...1894 January, Lyman Watkins, “Aphasia and Allied States”, in The Eclectic Medical Journal, volume 54, page 10
Forms of dysmimia
| plural | dysmimias |
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Origin of dysmimia
From dys- + German Mimik (“facial expressions”) + -ia.
Questions about dysmimia
- What does dysmimia mean?
- Dysmimia means an inability to use gestures effectively.
- What part of speech is dysmimia?
- Dysmimia is a noun.
- What is the plural of dysmimia?
- The plural of dysmimia is dysmimias.
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