adiadokokinesis

adiadokokinesis
adi·a·do·ko·ki·ne·sis or adi·a·do·cho·ki·ne·sis .ad-ē-.ad-ə-.kō-kə-'nē-səs, ə-.dī-ə-.dō-(.)kō-, -kī-'nē- n, pl -ne·ses -.sēz inability to make movements exhibiting a rapid change of motion (as in quickly rotating the wrist one way and then the other) due to cerebellar dysfunction compare DYSDIADOCHOKINESIA

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adi·a·do·ko·ki·ne·sis (a-di″ə-do″ko-kĭ-neґsis) adiadochokinesia.

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