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Definition of Festinating
1. festinate [v] - See also: festinate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Festinating
Literary usage of Festinating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Physical Diagnosis by Brefney Rolph O'Reilly (1911)
"... all of which abnormalities become accentuated if the eyes are kept closed. V.
The festinating gait is found in cases of paralysis agitans, ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1900)
"The only voluntary motion well preserved, even at that time, was the characteristic
festinating walk or trot. Having noted the excellent result of exercises ..."
3. 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 (1901)
"The only voluntary motion well preserved, even at that time, was the characteristic
festinating walk or trot. Having noted the excellent result of exercises ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1894)
"Three years later she developed a festinating gait. She could move about, but
with difficulty and frequent falls, till her tenth year, after which she had ..."
5. Medical Diagnosis: With Special Reference to Practical Medicine : a Guide to by Jacob Mendes Da Costa (1900)
"In paralysis agitans the tremors are associated with a festinating gait, each
step becoming more rapid than the last, and a fall is only averted by seeking ..."
6. An Outline of Abnormal Psychology by James Winfred Bridges (1921)
"festinating gait (of paralysis agitans), bowed body, trotting gait, short steps.
Astasia-abasia, inability to walk or stand, without paralysis or loss of ..."
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