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OP Athetosis - I just noticed that the definition given is flawed. The abnormal movements are not
"twitching" - they are slow and writhing. And the dictionary definition errs in calling it a muscular
disorder. The lesion is in the central nervous system, and not limited to "cerebtral palsy" , though
that would be the most common cause.
athetosis
n.,
pl. 3ses 73scz8 a muscular disorder characterized by continuous, slow, twisting motions of the hands, feet, etc., as in cerebral palsy
ath4e[toid# 73t.d#8 or ath#e[tot$ic 73t9t4ik8
adj.
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