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Definition: Akinesis |
AkinesisNoun1. Motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Lack of movement due to loss or impairment of motor function. (references) |
Medicine | State of mental and motor inactivity with partial insensibility, stagnation of function, without losing consciousness. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AkinesisSynonym: akinesia (n). (additional references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
akinesis | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "akinesis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | akinesi (akinesia, rigidity, stupor, torpor), katalepsi (catalepsy, rigidity, stupor, torpor), bevaegelseshaemning (rigidity, stupor, torpor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | akinesis (akinesia), akinesie (akinesia), akinesia (akinesia), stupor (rigidity, stupor, stuporous state, torpor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | akinésie (akinesia), perte de l'initiative motrice, inhibition motrice. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Akinesie (akinesia), Akinesia (akinesia), Akinese (akinesia), Bewegungssperre (articulation lock, rigidity, stupor, torpor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | εμβροντησία (astonishment, rigidity, stupor, torpor), ακινησία (akinesia, immobility, immovability, stagnation, stalemate, standstill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | acinesia (akinesia), acinesi (akinesia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | akinesisay acinesia (akinesia). (various references) acinesis (akinesia), acinesia (akinesia, rigidity, stupor, torpor), torpor (dullness, rigidity, stupor, torpor), rigidez (rigidity, stiffness, stupor, torpor), estupor (amazement, astonishment, insensibility, mental numbness, rigidity, sleep, stupor, stuporous state, torpor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "akinesis": diakinesis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-k-n-s-s" | |
-1 letter: kinases, kinesis. | |
-2 letters: anises, kinase, niseis, sanies, sansei, seisin, siskin, skeans, skeins, snakes, sneaks. | |
-3 letters: anise, issei, kains, kanes, kinas, kines, nisei, sains, sakes, sakis, sanes, sasin, sensa, sikes, sines, sinks, skean, skein, skies, skins, snake, sneak. | |
-4 letters: ains, akin, anes, anis, asks, inia, inks, kaes, kain, kane, keas, kens, kina, kine, kins, kiss. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-k-n-s-s" | |
+1 letter: kaiserins. | |
+2 letters: diakineses, diakinesis, dyskinesia, silkalines. | |
+3 letters: airsickness, asterisking, dyskinesias, kinesthesia, misspeaking. | |
+4 letters: aniseikonias, karyokinesis, kinesthesias, marlinspikes, noisemakings, waterskiings. | |
+5 letters: airsicknesses, hyperkinesias, marlinespikes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6B 69 6E 65 73 69 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.- .. -. . ... .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A k i n e s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006B 0069 006E 0065 0073 0069 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3577758071857585 |
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