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athetoid
[ath′ətoid]
pertaining to athetosis, as in the involuntary, purposeless weaving motions of the body or its extremities.
athetoid [ath´ĕ-toid]
1. resembling athetosis.
2. affected with athetosis.
athetoid
1. resembling athetosis.
2. affected with athetosis.
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