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diadochokinesia

Pronunciation: dī-ad′ō-kō-ki-nē′zē-ă, -ki-nē′sis
The normal capacity to bring a limb alternately into opposite positions, as in flexion and extention or pronation and supination.

Synonym(s): diadochocinesia

[G. diadochos, working in turn, + kinēsis, movement]