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hyperkinesia
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hyperkinesia [¦hī·pər·kə′nē·zhə]
(medicine)
Excessive and usually uncontrollable muscle movement.


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These were quantified as the percentage of time (3 min) spent in hyperkinesis.
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Many labels have been developed for these behaviors: minimal brain dysfunction, hyperkinesis, attention deficit disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, etc.
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ADHD has assumed many aliases over time from hyperkinesis (the Latin derivative for "superactive") to hyperactivity in the early 1970s.
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