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English
Etymology
From a- + mimic.
Adjective
amimic (not comparable)
- (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).
Translations
unable to express oneself using gestures
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