amimia

See also: amimią

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ German Mimik (“facial expressions”) +‎ -ia.

Noun

amimia (countable and uncountable, plural amimias)

1. (medicine) inability to express oneself using facial expressions
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:

     Parkinsonism, at its severest, presents itself as an akinetic amimia (as opposed to certain cortical disorders which are amimic akinesias).

Related terms

• mime
• mimic

Translations

inability to express oneself using facial expressions

• Polish: amimia f
• Portuguese: amimia f

Anagrams

• mia mia

Polish

Etymology

From a- +‎ Ancient Greek μῑμέομαι (mīméomai) +‎ -ia. First attested in 1879.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmi.mja/

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• Rhymes: -imja
• Syllabification: a‧mi‧mia

Noun

amimia f

1. (pathology) amimia

Declension

Declension of amimia

	singular
nominative	amimia
genitive	amimii
dative	amimii
accusative	amimię
instrumental	amimią
locative	amimii
vocative	amimio

Related terms

adjective

• mimiczny

 

adverb

• mimicznie

 

noun

• mim
• mimika

 

Further reading

• amimia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• amimia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.miˈmi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.miˈmi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.miˈmi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.miˈmi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧mi‧mi‧a

Noun

amimia f (uncountable)

1. (psychiatry) amimia (inability to express oneself using gestures)