walking (redirected from walking in circles)

walking /walk·ing/ (wawk´ing)

1. progressing on foot.

2. gait.

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sleep walking  somnambulism.

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walking

a normal slow gait in all species.

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aimless walking

a similar but less severe sign to compulsive walking and part of the dummy syndrome characteristic of hepatic encephalopathy or chronic brain disease.

walking backwards

a prodromal sign in pigs before opisthotonos and tetanic convulsions; some horses with colonic impaction will walk backwards, before sitting on their haunches, then lapsing into lateral recumbency.

walking in circles

see circling.

walking dandruff

cheyletiellosis.

walking disease

see walkabout.

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walking Popular health A low-impact exercise; regular walking benefits arthritis, back pain, cardiovascular disease, type 2 DM, HTN, osteoporosis, upper body injuries. See Low-impact exercise, Low-impact sport. Cf High-impact exercise, High-impact sport.