athetosic

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athetosic (comparative more athetosic, superlative most athetosic)

  1. (medicine) Of or relating to athetosis.
    • 2002, Renzo Guerrini, Epilepsy and Movement Disorders, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 409:
      In general, the presence of sustained twisting, athetosic or choreic movements, lack of EEG abnormalities during attacks, lack of episodes of unresponsiveness which would mean spread of seizure activity outside the frontal lobes, all indicate a non-epileptic origin (Fahn, 1994). On the other hand, some ictal manifestations which are typical []

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