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Date sent: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 17:15:59 EDT Send reply to: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> From: Kathleen Cochran <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: festination? To: [log in to unmask] > << What in the heck is festination - or don't i want to know...? >> > > Festination (v., to festinate) is an irresistible urge to confess > one's deepest, darkest secrets to any human being -- any living > creature, actually -- that one encounters. A trendy variant of the > term is "in-festination," or sometimes "e-festination," the > uncontrollable spilling of one's guts on the internet. While the above definition may be acceptable, "festination" when related to the subject of Parkinson's disease is a *medical tgerm*. It describes a typical shuffling, rapid, accelerating gait seen in PD and is also described by the French, "Marche a petit pieds/pas", meaning "walking with little feet". Best, Bob ********************************************** Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, California 94704-2636 Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 WWW: http://www.rafink.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" ********************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn