Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
akinesic . - In cytology, without perceptible internal movements: a term applied to that form of cell-division which is not karyokinetic. Same as
amitotic , *karyostenotic, or direct (cell-division).
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- adjective Without
motion . - adjective Of or pertaining to
akinesia :akinesic .
Etymologies
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Examples
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When associated with coarse disease, particularly of the brain stem, the syndrome is termed akinetic mutism 969.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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After nearly drowning at the age of 3, she has lived with what doctors call akinetic mutism, unable to move or speak.
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I just wonder if something like the Predictors would actually cause akinetic mutism… hmmm, maybe.
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When stupor is associated with catatonia, the patient appears to be awake and may follow the examiner about the room with his eyes, as do patients with akinetic mutism.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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Three features—mutism, negativism, and stupor—occur together more frequently than by chance (14) and correspond to the clinical syndrome of negativistic stupor (i.e., akinetic mutism or coma vigil secondary to frontal lobe damage, third ventricle tumors, or lesions of the reticular activating system and caudal hypothalamus; 969).
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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CNS - cerebral, cerebellar or midbrain (Parkinsonism and akinetic-mutism)
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If hispanic does any food item effect dilantin exists, agood akinetic oral or incorporating detergent may condemn to choreic systemic mill of the collection and paramedical nonaluminum toxicity.
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CNS - cerebral, cerebellar or midbrain (Parkinsonism and akinetic-mutism)
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Patients with fibromyalgia sometimes have sign of a movement disorder in addition to sensory disturbances sometimes similar as those found in akinetic syndromes.
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