kine-, kin-, kino-, kinesio-, kinesi-, kineto-, kinet-, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic, -kinesias, -kineses, -kinetical, -kinetically

(Greek: move, set in motion; muscular activity)


hydrokinematics
The study of the motion of a liquid apart from the cause of motion.
hydrokinesia, hydrokinesis
The purported psychic ability to mentally manipulate water in its solid, liquid, and gaseous states.
hydrokinesitherapy
The therapeutic use of exercises performed while the patient is immersed in water.
hydrokinetic
1. Of or relating to hydrokinetics; to fluids in motion or the forces that produce or affect such motion.
2. Of or relating to the kinetic energy and motion of fluids.
3. The use of moving water or other fluid for therapeutic purposes, as in hydromassage.
hydrokinetics, hydrokinetically
1. The branch of physics concerned with the scientific study of the properties and behavior of fluids in motion.
2. That branch of kinetics concerned with fluids in motion.
3. The branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
4. The study of water in motion and its therapeutic applications.
hygrokinesis
A change in the rate of movement of an organism in response to a change in humidity.
hygrokinetic
Relating to a change in the rate of movements of an organism in response to a change in humidity.
hyperanakinesia
1. An abnormally active mechanical movement in the body; especially, of the stomach or intestine.
2. An excessive motor activity of a body part; such as, a to-and-fro movement.
hyperanakinesis
An abnormally active mechanical movement in the body; especially, of the stomach or intestine.
hyperkinesia (high" pur ki NEE zhuh, high" pur ki NEE zi uh)
1. A condition of abnormally increased muscular movement.
2. Purposeless and uncontrollable muscular movement; trembling, shaking, nervous twitching.
hyperkinesis
1. An abnormally intense motor activity, often associated with agitation.
2. Certain recurring or continuous involuntary movements seen in disease of the central nervous system; such as, chorea (ceaseless rapid complex body movements that look well coordinated and purposeful but are, in fact, involuntary) and athetosis (repetitive involuntary, slow, sinuous, writhing movements; or twisting, snake-like, or worm-like movements).
hyperkinetic
1. Having, or exhibiting, hyperkinesia or hyperactivity (abnormally intense movements).
2. Wildly fast-paced or excited; frenetic: "The clerk presented a hyperkinetic sales pitch on the phone."
hypokinemia
hypokinesia
hypokinesis

Related "move, motion" word units: cine-; mobil-; mot-, mov-; oscillo-; seismo-; vibro-.


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