amimic

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ mimic.

Adjective

amimic (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) unable 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).

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