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Meaning of biballism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Ballism that affects both sides of the body.

uncountable

Examples

“Ballism is a dramatic proximal ballistic flinging movement (see Chapter 21) that most commonly affects the limbs on one side of the body (hemiballism), but involvement in both legs (paraballism) or both sides of the body (biballism) has been reported.”
“Rarely, it can occur bilaterally (biballism) or affect both legs (paraballism).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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