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athetosis

at·he·to·sis

uncommon

noun

1.

a continuous succession of slow writing involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἄθετος (áthetos, “not fixed”), itself from τίθημι (títhēmi), + -osis.

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