Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An abnormal increase in muscular activity.
- n. Hyperactivity, especially in children.
Wiktionary
- n. hyperkinesis
Etymologies
- hyper- + Greek kīnēsis, movement (from kīnein, to move; see kei-2 in Indo-European roots) + -ia1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“(iv) the central and the peripheral nervous system (giving loss of appetite, hyperkinesia, aggressiveness and in severe cases encephalopathy; in industrial workers symptoms like wrist and foot drop - 'palsy' - are seen).”
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kineto-, kinet-, -kinesis
of or relating to movement
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