festination

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fes⋅ti⋅na⋅tion

[fes-tuh-ney-shuh

–noun Pathology.

a gait marked by an involuntary hurrying in walking, observed in certain nerve diseases.

Origin:
1530–40; < L festinātiōn- (s. of festinātiō) a hastening. See festinate, -ion

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festination fes·ti·na·tion (fěs'tə-nā'shən)
n.
The acceleration of gait noted in Parkinsonism and similar disorders.

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