单词 | dysmetria |
释义 | > as lemmasdysmetria dysmetria n. Brit. /(ˌ)dɪsˈmɛtrɪə/ , U.S. /dɪsˈmɛtriə/ inability to control the range of movement in a muscular action. [ < dys- prefix + post-classical Latin -metria -metry comb. form, after French dysmétrie (1856 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1911 T. L. Stedman Pract. Med. Dict. 257/2 Dysmetria, a form of dysergia in which the subject is unable to arrest a muscular movement at the desired point or, sometimes, to prevent an involuntary reverse movement. 1913 G. Holmes in White & Jellife Mod. Treatm. Nerv. & Mental Dis. II. xiv. 630 Cerebellar disease produces a disproportion in the elements of a movement, and there results therefrom what Babinski has termed a dysmetria. 1952 New Biol. 13 55 The dysmetria characteristic of cerebellar disease consists in an incapacity to stop a movement at the intended place, with resulting overswing. 1970 Nature 19 Sept. 1228/2 Dysmetria will result from the malfunctioning of both cerebellar nuclei and cerebellar cortex. < as lemmas |
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