athetosis

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἄθετος (áthetos, “not fixed”), itself from τίθημι (títhēmi), + -osis. === Noun === athetosis (countable and uncountable, plural athetoses) (medicine) A series of involuntary writhing movements of the limbs, typically bilateral and symmetric and predominantly affecting the distal parts of the limbs. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “athetosis”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “ἄθετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press === Further reading === “athetosis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. athetosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === thiasotes