Atikokania

/ˌætɪkəˈkeɪniə/ noun

Definition

A condition of restlessness or inability to remain still, possibly a rare medical or psychiatric term.

Etymology

Possibly from Greek 'a-' (without/lacking) + 'tikia' (order/place) + 'mania' (madness), though the etymology is obscure and this may be a very rare or obsolete medical term.

Kelly Says

This word is so rare that even medical dictionaries barely acknowledge it—it might be a lost term from 19th-century psychiatry when doctors invented dramatic Greek-Latin hybrids to name conditions they didn't fully understand.

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