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单词 akinesia
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Definition of akinesia in English:

akinesia

noun ˌeɪkɪˈniːsɪəˌakɪˈniːsɪəeɪkaɪˈniʒ(i)ə
mass nounMedicine
  • Loss or impairment of the power of voluntary movement.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In a previous report of Lyme-associated extrapyramidal features in 5 patients, 5 all of the patients exhibited akinesia, pains, and rigidity.
    • Slowness - bradykinesia (slow movement) and akinesia (inability to move) are common in people with Parkinson's disease.
    • Other signs include incontinence, late rigidity, akinesia, and tremor.
    • Schizophrenic akinesia and catatonic symptoms may similarly resemble parkinsonian and dystonic symptoms.
    • Parkinsonian side effects manifest themselves as tremor, rigidity, and akinesia individually or in combination.
    • These symptoms include motor rigidity, uncoordination, akinesia / hypokinesia, alterations of posture, and involuntary movements.
    • An echocardiogram excluded major pericardial effusion, showing a non-dilated left ventricle with inferior wall akinesia and overall moderate function.
    • This is a hypokinetic disorder characterized by hypokinesia or akinesia, rigidity, and a rhythmic fine tremor at the rate of 3-6 cycles per second.
    • In other cases akinesia, dyskinesia, waxy flexibility, and cogwheeling may occur instead of or in addition to the classic rigidity.

Derivatives

  • akinetic

  • adjective ˌeɪkɪˈnɛtɪk
    Medicine
    • This has the effect of moving the femur farther forward than would be possible with an akinetic pelvis thereby increasing stride length.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Conversely, they may be fully conscious but feel that they don't want to do anything at all - akinetic mutism.
      • That we are here proves that a solid, akinetic skull doesn't necessarily doom a taxon to morphological stagnation.
      • In more derived snakes, most of the occipital elements are fused, forming essentially the only akinetic structure in the skull.
      • In the absence of Behcet's disease, intracardiac thrombus is often found to overlie an akinetic myocardial segment.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek akinēsia 'quiescence', from a- 'without' + kinēsis 'motion'.

 
 

Definition of akinesia in US English:

akinesia

nouneɪkaɪˈniʒ(i)əākīˈnēZH(ē)ə
Medicine
  • Loss or impairment of the power of voluntary movement.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Slowness - bradykinesia (slow movement) and akinesia (inability to move) are common in people with Parkinson's disease.
    • Parkinsonian side effects manifest themselves as tremor, rigidity, and akinesia individually or in combination.
    • Schizophrenic akinesia and catatonic symptoms may similarly resemble parkinsonian and dystonic symptoms.
    • This is a hypokinetic disorder characterized by hypokinesia or akinesia, rigidity, and a rhythmic fine tremor at the rate of 3-6 cycles per second.
    • Other signs include incontinence, late rigidity, akinesia, and tremor.
    • In other cases akinesia, dyskinesia, waxy flexibility, and cogwheeling may occur instead of or in addition to the classic rigidity.
    • These symptoms include motor rigidity, uncoordination, akinesia / hypokinesia, alterations of posture, and involuntary movements.
    • An echocardiogram excluded major pericardial effusion, showing a non-dilated left ventricle with inferior wall akinesia and overall moderate function.
    • In a previous report of Lyme-associated extrapyramidal features in 5 patients, 5 all of the patients exhibited akinesia, pains, and rigidity.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek akinēsia ‘quiescence’, from a- ‘without’ + kinēsis ‘motion’.

 
 
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