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athetosis

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ath′i tō′sis)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ath•e•to•sis  (ath′i tō′sis),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
  1. Pathologya condition, chiefly in children, of slow, involuntary, wormlike movements of the fingers, toes, hands, and feet, usually resulting from a brain lesion.
  • Greek áthet(os) not placed (a- a-6 + thetós, equivalent. to the- (stem of tithénai to set, put) + -tos verbid suffix) + -osis
  • 1870–75;

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