Etymology

athetosis

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Today it means: A series of involuntary writhing movements of the limbs, typically bilateral and symmetric and predominantly affecting the distal parts of the limbs. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἄθετος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄθετος“not fixed”
  2. English todayathetosis

From Ancient Greek ἄθετος (áthetos, “not fixed”), itself from τίθημι (títhēmi), + -osis.

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