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Definition of Hyperkinesis
1. n. Abnormally increased muscular movement; spasm.
Definition of Hyperkinesis
1. Noun. Abnormally increased and sometimes uncontrollable activity or muscular movements. ¹
2. Noun. A condition especially of childhood characterized by hyperactivity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hyperkinesis
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Medical Definition of Hyperkinesis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperkinesis
Literary usage of Hyperkinesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Introduction to Medical Electricity by Armand de Watteville (1884)
"hyperkinesis—SPASM. BY hyperkinesis is meant a state of the nerve cells or ...
Here the hyperkinesis depends upon a sclerotic process of certain motor paths ..."
2. Special Pathology and Diagnostics: With Therapeutic Hints by Charles Godlove Raue (1882)
"Spasm, Convulsion, Cramp, hyperkinesis. Spasms manifest themselves under different
forms: 1. Either ai short, slight jerks of certain muscles; or, ..."
3. The Feebly Inhibited: Nomadism, Or the Wandering Impulse, with Special by Charles Benedict Davenport (1915)
"THE ALTERNATION OF hyperkinesis AND HYPOKINESIS. It is common to find persons
whose mood varies greatly, from grave to gay. At one time they will be very ..."
4. Diseases of the Nervous System: A Text-book for Students and Practitioners by Hermann Oppenheim, Edward E. Mayer (1904)
"SPASMS (hyperkinesis). Spasms, in the widest acceptance of the word, denote,—(1)
muscular contractions caused by unphysiological stimulation ; (2) excessive ..."
5. Diseases of the Digestive Organs: With Special Reference to Their Diagnosis by Charles Dettie Aaron (1921)
"HYPERMOTILITY (hyperkinesis). "Hypermotility" is a term which designates an
abnormally increased movement in the evacuation of the stomach, ..."
6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1914)
"We are accordingly left with a group of twenty-five cases, all but one of
which (495), gave evidence of some form or forms of hyperkinesis. ..."
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