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adiadochokinesia

[ ad-ee-ad-uh-koh-ki-nee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh, -kahy-nee- ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.
  1. the inability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of adiadochokinesia1

a- 6 + Greek diádocho ( s ) successor ( dia- dia- + doch-, variant stem of déchesthai to receive + -os adj. suffix) + -kinesia

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