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DYSKINESIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("dyskinesia" is a kind of...):
nervous disorder; neurological disease; neurological disorder (a disorder of the nervous system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dyskinesia"):
tardive dyskinesia (involuntary rolling of the tongue and twitching of the face or trunk or limbs; often occurs in patients with Parkinsonism who are treated with phenothiazine)
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