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ak⋅a⋅this⋅ia

  [ak-uh-thizh-uh, -thiz-ee-uh]
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–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:
1900–05; < Czech akathisie < Gk a- a- 6 + káthis(is) sitting (n. deriv. of kathízein to seat, make sit, take one's seat; kat- cat- + hízein to seat, akin to sit 1 ) + NL -ia -ia
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Main Entry: aka·thi·sia
Variant: also aca·thi·sia /"A-ka-'thizh-(E-)&, "a-, -'thEzh-/
Function: noun
: acondition characterized by uncontrollable motor restlessness
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akathisia ak·a·this·i·a or ac·a·this·i·a (āk'ə-thĭz'ē-ə)
n.

  1. Motor restlessness characterized by muscular quivering and the inability to sit still, often a result of chronic ingestion of neuroleptic drugs.

  2. Intense anxiety at the thought of sitting down; inability to sit down.

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