Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Athetosis \Ath`e*to"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? not fixed; 'a priv.
+ ? to set.] (Med.)
A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the
fingers and toes.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
athetosis
n 1: a continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary
movements of the hands and feet and other body parts