Atheticize

/əˈθɛtɪsaɪz/ verb

To cause to develop athetosis or involuntary writhing movements; to affect with uncontrolled movements.

From 'athetosis' + the productive verb suffix '-ize' (to make or cause). This technical medical verb was formed to describe the process of a condition producing these characteristic movements.

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