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Wrist vs Adiadokokinesis - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between wrist and adiadokokinesis

is that wrist is (anatomy) the complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense while adiadokokinesis is (medical) the inability to make movements exhibiting a rapid change of motion (as in quickly rotating the wrist one way and then the other) due to cerebellar dysfunction.

wrist

English

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
  • (engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.

    • Derived terms

    * wristwatch, wrist watch * limp-wristed * wrist-action

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    See also

    * ("wrist" on Wikipedia) ----

    adiadokokinesis

    English

    Alternative forms

    * adiadochokinesis

    Noun

    (-)
  • (medical) The inability to make movements exhibiting a rapid change of motion (as in quickly rotating the wrist one way and then the other) due to cerebellar dysfunction.

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