different between dystonia vs athetosis

English

Noun

dystonia (countable and uncountable, plural dystonias)

1. (pathology) A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body

Synonyms

• neurodystonia

Related terms

• dystonic

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dystoni?/, [?dys?t?o??ni?]
• Rhymes: -i?
• Syllabification: dys?to?ni?a

Noun

dystonia

1. (pathology) dystonia

Declension

Anagrams

• ydinsota

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (áthetos, “not fixed”), itself from ?????? (títh?mi).

Noun

athetosis (countable and uncountable, plural athetoses)

1. (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

• athetoid
• athetosic

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “athetosis”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• ?????? in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Further reading

• athetosis at OneLook Dictionary Search
• athetosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• thiasotes