Usually means: Excessive movement due to overactivity.
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  1. hyperkinesis: Merriam-Webster
  2. hyperkinesis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hyperkinesis: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hyperkinesis: Wordnik
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  6. hyperkinesis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  8. Hyperkinesis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Hyperkinesis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. hyperkinesis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Hyperkinesis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. hyperkinesis: FreeDictionary.org
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Definitions from Wiktionary (hyperkinesis)

noun:  (pathology) Abnormally increased and sometimes uncontrollable activity or muscular movements.
noun:  (pathology) A condition especially of childhood characterized by hyperactivity.

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