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1. <neurology> A condition of motor restlessness in which there is a feeling of muscular quivering, an urge to move about constantly and an inability to sit still, a common extrapyramidal side effect of neuroleptic drugs.
2. An inability to sit down because of intense anxiety at the thought of doing so.
Origin: Gr. Kathisis = a sitting down
(18 Nov 1997)
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