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Muscular rigidity, tremor, bradykinesia, and difficulty walking induced by neuroleptic medications; drug-induced parkinsonism.  

The functional system that includes all descending fibers arising in cortical and subcortical motor centers that reach the medulla and spinal cord by pathways other than recognized corticospinal tracts. The system is important in maintenance of equilibrium and muscle tone.  

Any of several degenerative diseases of the nervous system that involve the extrapyramidal system and the basal ganglion of the brain. Symptoms include tremors, chorea, athetosis, and dystonia. Parkinsonism is a form of extrapyramidal disease. Extrapyramidal disorders are a group of conditions resulting from damage to or degradation of elements of the extrapyramidal system. This…

To infer a point between two given, or known, points on a graph or progression. Thus, if an infant weighed 20 lb at a certain age and 4 months later weighed 23 lb, it could be inferred that at a point halfway between the two time periods, the infant might have weighed 21.5 lb.  

Outside instead of between poles, as the electrodes of a battery.  

Outside the peritoneum.  

A private network that uses Internet technology and the public telecommunication system to secure a business’s information or operations with suppliers, vendors, partners, customers, or other businesses. It is an extension of an intranet with added security features.  

Outside the wall of an organ or vessel.  

Outside the medulla or the bone marrow.  

Inflammation of tissues contiguous to the mastoid process.