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akathisia

noun/ˌækəˈθɪzɪə/

C2CEFR level
96/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A distressing sense of inner restlessness that produces a compelling need to keep moving.

His akathisia meant he could not sit still and paced the corridor to relieve the discomfort.

Topic: Mental health nursing in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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