Medical Dictionary
hemiballismus
noun hemi·bal·lis·mus \ˌhem-i-ba-ˈliz-məs\
Medical Definition of HEMIBALLISMUS
: violent uncontrollable movements of one lateral half of the body usually due to a lesion in the subthalamic nucleus of the contralateral side of the body
Variants of HEMIBALLISMUS
hemi·bal·lis·mus also hemi·bal·lism \-ˈbal-iz-əm\
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