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FESTINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("festination" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Derivation:
festinate (act or move at high speed)
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