-kinesia

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1. a combining form with the meaning “movement, muscular activity,” used in the formation of compound words.

   dyskinesia; hyperkinesia.

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Usage

What does -kinesia mean? The combining form -kinesia [ ki-nee-zhuh ] is used like a suffix meaning “movement, muscular activity.” It is very occasionally used in medical terms, especially in pathology. The form -kinesia comes from Greek -kīnēsia, roughly meaning “pathological movement,” from the verb kīneîn, “to move.” The Latin cognate of kīneîn is ciēre (stem cit-), meaning “to move, set in motion,” which is the source of words such as cite and resuscitate. To learn more, check out our entries for both words. What are variants of -kinesia?While not a variant of -kinesia, the form -kinesis, meaning "movement, activity," as in telekinesis, comes from the same Greek root. The adjectival form of -kinesis is -kinetic, as in bradykinetic. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use articles about -kinesis and -kinetic.

Etymology

Origin of -kinesia

< Greek -kīnēsia, equivalent to kī́nēs ( is ) ( kinesis ) + -ia -ia