Usually means: Involuntary, violent, flinging limb movements.
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  1. ballismus: Wordnik
  2. ballismus: Wiktionary
  3. ballismus: Dictionary.com

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  1. ballismus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Ballismus: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. ballismus: Medical dictionary
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▸ noun:  (medicine) A condition characterised by violent involuntary rapid and irregular movements.

Similar:
ballism, hemiballismus, biballism, paraballism, hemiballism, arrhythmokinesis, athetosis, blepharospasm, movement disorder, tremor, more...

Opposite:
dystonia, akinesia, bradykinesia

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Similar:
ballism, hemiballismus, biballism, paraballism, hemiballism, arrhythmokinesis, athetosis, blepharospasm, movement disorder, tremor, more...

Opposite:
dystonia, akinesia, bradykinesia



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