akinetic

Lacking voluntary motion

Akinetic describes the absence or loss of normal movement.

In medicine, it characterizes conditions where voluntary motion is impaired or absent: akinetic mutism, akinetic seizures.

The term appears in neurology for movement disorders, particularly those affecting the basal ganglia.

An akinetic patient may be conscious but unable to initiate movement.

motionless

still

Unmoving, or continuing

stationaryNot in motion
frozenSolidified by extreme cold
unmovingLacking any motion

immobile · paralyzed · rigid · fixed · rooted · anchored · stiff · locked · halted · petrified

unresponsive

catatonic

Immobile from mental withdrawal

stuporousIn a near-unconscious state
vegetativeOf plant growth
unresponsiveFailing to react or reply

passive · torpid · sluggish · lethargic · dormant · lifeless · listless · apathetic · withdrawn · blank

medical

dopamine

Reward-linked neural messenger

basal gangliaSubcortical motor-control nuclei
neurodegenerativeCausing brain cell death
catatoniaPsychiatric movement disorder

dystonia · rigidity · tremor · neurology · neurotransmitters · muscle control · neuropathy · stupor · mutism · motor cortex

Opposites

movement capacity

akinetickinetic

Relating to motion

mobile · moving · motile · dynamic · active

movement quality/type

akinetichyperkinetic

Abnormally excessive movement

spastic · tremoring · convulsive · myoclonic · tremulous

Family

cinema, kinetic, telekinesis, kinesiology, dyskinesia, kinesics, kinesis, hyperkinetic, bradykinesia

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