hypokinesia
noun
abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
hypokinetic
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a word derived from
hypokinesia.
Example Sentences
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Also, it was barely beating — in medical terminology, it was hypokinetic — pumping at one-fifth the strength of a healthy heart, scarcely hard enough to keep the body’s blood flowing.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2019
A philosophy of life which will help to control his irritability is necessary, and the intelligent of the hypokinetic irritable acquire the habits and the philosophy necessary for their welfare.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
We must not mistake the stolid for the hypokinetic.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
Thus there are persons of specialized interest and energy, and it may well be that there is for most of the hypokinetic a line of work that would act to energize them.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
In E.'s case the overexcitable hypokinetic stage lasted until about the ninth year, and then there was a great improvement, though he still was of the same general type.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
