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hyperkinesisnoun
Abnormally increased and sometimes uncontrollable activity or muscular movements.
hyperkinesisnoun
A condition especially of childhood characterized by hyperactivity.
Webster Dictionary
Hyperkinesisnoun
abnormally increased muscular movement; spasm
Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + motion.]
Wikidata
Hyperkinesis
Hyperkinesis, or hyperkinesia, is a state of overactive restlessness, particularly in children, marked by extreme excess of motor activity; restlessness; fidgeting; often wildly or oscillating mood swings; clumsiness; aggressive-like behavior; impulsivity; in school he cannot sit still, cannot comply with rules, has low frustration levels; frequently there may be sleeping problems and acquisition of speech may be delayed. Most of the symptoms for the disorder are deviant behaviors. It is six times as prevalent among boys as among girls. Hyperkinesis is a relatively recent phenomenon as a medical diagnostic category. However, the roots of the diagnosis and treatment of this clinical entity are found earlier. Hyperkinesis is also known as Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Hyperactive Syndrome, Hyperkinetic Disorder of Childhood, and by several other diagnostic categories. Although the symptoms and the presumed etiology vary, in general the behaviors are quite similar and greatly overlap. Hyperkinetic Disorders are a group of related psychiatric diagnoses in the ICD-10, roughly the equivalent of DSM-IV's Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The term hyperkinesis is used to represent all the diagnostic categories of this disorder.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Hyperkinesis
Excessive movement of muscles of the body as a whole, which may be associated with organic or psychological disorders.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hyperkinesis in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hyperkinesis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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