What is 'akinesia'?

What is 'akinesia'?

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Akinesia is a reduction of movement, a reduction of spontaneous movements. All of us move naturally when we're seated or talking or we adjust our posture or we have change in our facial expressiveness. Akinesia literally means an absence of movement, but we use it to refer to a reduction of spontaneous movements.