tardive dyskinesia

noun

Involuntary, repetitive movements as a side effect of dopamine antagonists that can be permanent.

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Meanings

nountardive dyskinesia (plural tardive dyskinesias)

plural tardive dyskinesias

  1. Involuntary, repetitive movements as a side effect of dopamine antagonists that can be permanent.

    Patient declined Seroxat. Hypochondria — cites spasmodic blinking and severe memory loss as evidence of tardive dyskinesia and tardive dimentia.

    2002, Sarah Kane, 4.48 Psychosis, Methuen, →ISBN, page 23

Origin

tardive + dyskinesia

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Translations

Czech tardivní dyskineze
  • tardivní dyskinezeneurological disorder
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