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diadokokinesis

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di⋅ad⋅o⋅cho⋅ki⋅ne⋅sia

  [dahy-ad-uh-koh-ki-nee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh, -kahy-]
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–noun Medicine/Medical.
the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
Also, di⋅ad⋅o⋅cho⋅ki⋅ne⋅sis  [dahy-ad-uh-koh-ki-nee-sis, -kahy-] , di⋅ad⋅oko⋅ki⋅ne⋅sia, di⋅ad⋅o⋅ko⋅ki⋅ne⋅sis.

Origin:
< Gk diádocho(s) succeeding, verbid of diadéchesthai to succeed (dia- dia- + déchesthai to take up) + -kinesia
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Main Entry: di·a·do·cho·ki·ne·sia
Variant: or di·a·do·ko·ki·ne·sia /dI-"ad-&-"kO-k&-'nE-zh(E-)&, "dI-&-"dO-(")kO-, -kI-'nE-/
Function: noun
: the normal power of alternating diametrically opposite muscular actions (asflexion and extension of a limb) —di·a·do·cho·ki·net·ic or di·a·do·ko·ki·net·ic /-k&-'net-ik, -kI-'net-/ adjective
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diadochokinesia di·ad·o·cho·ki·ne·sia (dī-ād'ə-kō-kĭ-nē'zhə, -kī-) or di·ad·o·cho·ki·ne·sis (-sĭs)
n.
The normal power of alternately bringing a limb into opposite positions, as flexion and extension or pronation and supination.

di·ad·o·cho·ki·net·ic (-nět'ĭk) adj.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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