kinesioneurosis
kinesioneurosis noun: a neurotic disorder characterized by tics, spasms, or other abnormal motor activity.
Noun
kinesioneurosis (countable and uncountable, plural kinesioneuroses)
- A neurotic disorder characterized by tics, spasms, or other abnormal motor activity.
- From this point of view all the diseases of the nervous system may be represented as disturbances of the motor functions or as kinesioneuroses.1881, J Ross, A treatise on the diseases of the nervous system
- The neuroses of motion, or kinesioneuroses of the larynx, may be subdivided into spasm of the larynx, or hyperkinesis, and paralysis of the larynx or akinesis.1893, Charles Henry Burnett, System of Diseases of the Ear, Nose, and Throat - Volume 2, page 674
Forms of kinesioneurosis
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Origin of kinesioneurosis
From kinesio- + neurosis.
Questions about kinesioneurosis
- What does kinesioneurosis mean?
- Kinesioneurosis means a neurotic disorder characterized by tics, spasms, or other abnormal motor activity.
- What part of speech is kinesioneurosis?
- Kinesioneurosis is a noun.
- What is the plural of kinesioneurosis?
- The plural of kinesioneurosis is kinesioneuroses.
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