Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An abnormal increase in muscular activity.
- noun Hyperactivity, especially in children.
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- noun
hyperkinesis
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[hyper– + Greek kīnēsis, movement (from kīnein, to move; see keiə- in Indo-European roots) + –ia.]
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(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).
Chapter 13 1996
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