tardive dyskinesia
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- noun
- /ˈtɑrdɪv dɪsˈkɪniə/
- Specialized
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discinesia tardía
- The threat of tardive dyskinesia was a greater risk than Bart wanted to take.
- called tardive dyskinesia
Who God bless who I believe it's called tardive or tardive dyskinesia.
- Who God bless who I believe it's called tardive or tardive dyskinesia.
Examples
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Children with tardive dyskinesia and children who had a dual diagnosis of autism and visual impairment were also excluded.
Academic text (2009) -
Long-term use of certain antipsychotic medications can lead to tardive dyskinesia, which involves uncontrollable movements of the face and limbs.
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The likelihood of tardive dyskinesia is about four percent.
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Tardive dyskinesia is the worst.
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Tardive dyskinesia can last forever.
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Long-term use of the Reglan, well these dopamine antagonists can block communication with certain dopamine receptors which can cause this tardive dyskinesia.
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Patients diagnosed with tardive dyskinesia often experience involuntary movements that can be distressing.
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The neurologist explained that tardive dyskinesia is a potential side effect of many antipsychotic treatments.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is fully compositional: 'tardive' denotes late onset and 'dyskinesia' denotes involuntary or erratic movements, so together it clearly denotes late-onset involuntary movements/a disorder characterized by them. This Latinate medical compounding is predictable and cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Tardive dyskinesia is a medical name that literally means 'late bad movement': tardive = 'late' and dyskinesia = 'bad movement'. The name is a memory hook because the uncontrolled mouth, face, or body movements usually appear after long use of certain medicines, so they come 'late' and are unwanted.