akinesia
noun
absence, loss, or impairment of the power of voluntary movement.
akinetic
-
a word derived from
akinesia.
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Wernicke, unhampered by classifications of catatonia and manic-depressive insanity with inelastic boundaries, calls all stupor reactions akinetic psychoses with varying prognosis.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy
