hemiballismus

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hemiballismus /hemi·bal·lis·mus/ (-bah-liz´mus) a violent form of dyskinesia involving one side of the body, most marked in the upper limb.

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Violent writhing and muscle spasms involving one side of the body, usually caused by a lesion of the subthalamic nucleus of the opposite side of the brain.

hemiballismus.

See ballismus.

hemiballismus [hem″e-bah-liz´mus]

violent motor restlessness of half of the body, most marked in the upper limbs.

hemiballism, hemiballismus

violent motor restlessness of half of the body, most marked in the upper extremity.

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