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Definition of Akinesia
1. Noun. Motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis.
Definition of Akinesia
1. n. Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.
Definition of Akinesia
1. Noun. (medicine) The loss of the ability to control motor muscles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Akinesia
1. loss of muscle function [n -S] : AKINETIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Akinesia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Akinesia
Literary usage of Akinesia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"akinesia algera Moebius described a complex which is characterized by such extreme
pain as to lead to unwillingness of the patient to move the muscles of ..."
2. Diseases of the Nervous System: A Text-book for Students and Practitioners by Hermann Oppenheim, Edward E. Mayer (1904)
"Moebius has described, under the name of akinesia algera (a>.np*, painful), a
disease which he regards as a restriction or loss of motion, on account of the ..."
3. Diseases of the nervous system: For the General Practitioner and Student by Alfred Gordon (1913)
"There is consequently a therapeutic indication for the use of calcium salts and
of parathyroids in paralysis agitans. akinesia ALGERA ..."
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