Paraballism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ballism that affects both legs. uncountable

    "The book deals with cerebral injuries impeding the clinical appearance of ballism, particularly stressing interrelations of ballism and chorea. Based on personal experiments, the author discusses paraballism too."

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"The book deals with cerebral injuries impeding the clinical appearance of ballism, particularly stressing interrelations of ballism and chorea. Based on personal experiments, the author discusses paraballism too."

Etymology

From para- + ballism.

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