amimia
See also: amimią
English
Etymology
From a- + German Mimik (“facial expressions”) + -ia.
Noun
amimia (countable and uncountable, plural amimias)
- (medicine) inability to express oneself using facial expressions
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
- Parkinsonism, at its severest, presents itself as an akinetic amimia (as opposed to certain cortical disorders which are amimic akinesias).
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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
Declension
Declension of amimia
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | amimia |
| genitive | amimii |
| dative | amimii |
| accusative | amimię |
| instrumental | amimią |
| locative | amimii |
| vocative | amimio |
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adjective
adverb
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amimia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Adolf Kussmaul (1879) Zboczenia mowy : próba patologii mowy : przekład dzieła: Die Störungen der Sprache, Versuch einer Pathologie der Sprache[1] (in Polish), page V
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.miˈmi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.miˈmi.a/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.miˈmi.ɐ/
- Hyphenation: a‧mi‧mi‧a
Noun
amimia f (uncountable)
- (psychiatry) amimia (inability to express oneself using gestures)