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Spooning
Spooning or choreic hand is flexion and dorsal arching of the wrists and hyperextension of the fingers when the hands are extended sideways palms down.Spooning is a recognized clinical sign in pediatric neurology during standard evaluation of the posture with extended arms. Spooning is often observed in children up to the age of 5.In older ages it is a clinical sign seen in children with chorea.
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Spooning
Spooning or choreic hand is flexion and dorsal arching of the wrists and hyperextension of the fingers when the hands are extended sideways palms down. Spooning is a recognized clinical sign in pediatric neurology during standard evaluation of the posture with extended arms. Spooning is often observed in children up to the age of 5. In older ages it is a clinical sign seen in children with chorea.
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spooning
Driving under a heavy gale, such as forces a ship to run before it without any canvas set.
Etymology and Origins
Spooning
This word is a play on “billing and cooing.” Courting couples in the act of whispering “soft nothings” have their mouths in such close contact that it resembles the manner of a mother bird feeding her young brood.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of spooning in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of spooning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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