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Definition of Festination
1. Noun. Involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease).
Definition of Festination
1. n. Haste; hurry.
Definition of Festination
1. Noun. The involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Festination
1. Synonym: festinating gait. Origin: L. Festino, to hasten (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Festination
Literary usage of Festination
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on diseases of the nervous system by Jerome Keating Bauduy (1876)
"The tremor, nystagmus, festination, and a peculiar trembling of the tongue,
without being pathognomonic symptoms, are oftentimes present, and are therefore ..."
2. A Manual of the practice of medicine: Prepared Especially for Students by Arthur Albert Stevens (1908)
"The term festination has been applied to this peculiar gait. Occasionally a
tendency to fall backward—retropulsion —replaces ..."
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