paraballism

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noun

Ballism that affects both legs.

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Meanings

nounparaballism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineBallism that affects both legs.

    Rarely, it can occur bilaterally (biballism) or affect both legs (paraballism).

    2017, Deborah A. Hall, Brandon R. Barton, Non-Parkinsonian Movement Disorders, →ISBN, page 55
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    The book deals with cerebral injuries impeding the clinical appearance of ballism, particularly stressing interrelations of ballism and chorea. Based on personal experiments, the author discusses paraballism too.

    1965, Books from Hungary - Volumes 7-9, page 26

    Ballism is a dramatic proximal ballistic flinging movement (see Chapter 21) that most commonly affects the limbs on one side of the body (hemiballism), but involvement in both legs (paraballism) or both sides of the body (biballism) has been reported.

    2012, Robert B. Daroff, Gerald M Fenichel, Joseph Jankovic, Neurology in Clinical Practice, →ISBN

Origin

From para- + ballism.

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