amimia
See also: amimią
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek [Term?]
Noun
amimia (countable and uncountable, plural amimias)
- (medicine) inability to express oneself using gestures
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- Parkinsonism, at its severest, presents itself as an akinetic amimia (as opposed to certain cortical disorders which are amimic akinesias).
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
Related terms
- mime
- mimic
Translations
inability to express oneself using gestures
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Anagrams
- mia mia
Polish
Etymology
From a- + Ancient Greek μῑμέομαι (mīméomai) + -ia.[1] First attested in 1879.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmi.mja/
Audio 1 (file) Audio 2 (file) - Rhymes: -imja
- Syllabification: a‧mi‧mia
Noun
amimia f
- (pathology) amimia
Declension
Declension of amimia
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | amimia |
| genitive | amimii |
| dative | amimii |
| accusative | amimię |
| instrumental | amimią |
| locative | amimii |
| vocative | amimio |
Related terms
adjective
- mimiczny
adverb
- mimicznie
noun
- mim
- mimika
References
- Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- Adolf Kussmaul (1879) Zboczenia mowy : próba patologii mowy : przekład dzieła: Die Störungen der Sprache, Versuch einer Pathologie der Sprache, page V
Further reading
- amimia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- amimia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- amimia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Portuguese
Noun
amimia f (uncountable)
- (psychiatry) amimia (inability to express oneself using gestures)