athetosis
slow, involuntary, convoluted, writhing movements of the fingers, hands, toes, and feet and in some cases, arms, legs, neck and tongue
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athetosis
Summary
athetosis ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (338 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- athetosis is a type of movement disorders[2].
- athetosis is a type of involuntary movement[3].
- athetosis's Commons category is recorded as Athetosis[4].
- athetosis's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5].
- athetosis's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
- athetosis's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C116574[7].
- athetosis's different from is recorded as dyskinetic cerebral palsy[8].
- athetosis's health specialty is recorded as neurology[9].
- athetosis's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002305[10].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include movement disorders[2] and involuntary movement[3].
Why It Matters
athetosis ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (338 views/month).[1] athetosis has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] athetosis is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]