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Definition of Akinesis
1. Noun. Motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis.
Definition of Akinesis
1. akinesia [n AKINESES or AKINESISES] - See also: akinesia
Medical Definition of Akinesis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Akinesis
Literary usage of Akinesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clinical medicine: Designed for the Use of Students and Practitioners of by Austin Flint (1879)
"akinesis. ^ result of disease or injury of the brain at the situations where the
Diminution, or loss of the power of the will over voluntary muscles, ..."
2. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1903)
"Then objective symptoms develop : an inactivity (intrapsychic akinesis) in speech
and action. An actual retardation due to great difficulty of reaction goes ..."
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