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On 18 Aug 2002 at 16:18, Bruce Anderson wrote: > What in the heck is festination - or don't i want to know...? > Hi Bruce, festinant Rapid; hastening; accelerating. Origin: L. Festino, to hasten http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?festinant festinating gait Gait in which the trunk is flexed, legs are flexed at the knees and hips, but stiff, while the steps are short and progressively more rapid; characteristically seen with parkinsonism and other neurologic diseases. Synonym: festination. festination Synonym: festinating gait. Origin: L. Festino, to hasten Sooooo.......... festination is the walking in rapid, short, shuffling steps that many Parkinsonian's eventually experience... cheers ............ murray ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn