akathisia

akathisia
/ak'euh thizh"euh, -thiz"ee euh/, n.
a state of motor restlessness, sometimes produced by neuroleptic medication, that ranges from a feeling of inner distress to an inability to sit still.
[1900-05; < Czech akathisie < Gk a- A-6 + káthis(is) sitting (n. deriv. of kathízein to seat, make sit, take one's seat; kat- CAT- + hízein to seat, akin to SIT1) + NL -ia -IA]

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