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akathisia

[ak-uh-thizh-uh, -thiz-ee-uh]

noun

a state of motor restlessness, sometimes produced by neuroleptic medication, that ranges from a feeling of inner distress to an inability to sit still.

Origin of akathisia

1900–05; < Czech akathisie < Greek a- a-6 + káthis(is) “sitting” (noun derivative of kathízein “to seat, make sit, take one's seat”; kat- cat- + hízein “to seat,” akin to sit1) + New Latin -ia -ia
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British Dictionary definitions for akathisia

akathisia

noun

the inability to sit still because of uncontrollable movement caused by reaction to drugs

Word Origin for akathisia

C20: from a- + -kithisia, ultimately from Greek cathedra seat
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akathisia in Medicine

akathisia

n.

Motor restlessness characterized by muscular quivering and the inability to sit still, often a result of chronic ingestion of neuroleptic drugs.
Intense anxiety at the thought of sitting down; inability to sit down.
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