Autokinesis

Autokinesis
Autokinesis Au`to*ki*ne"sis, n. [NL.; auto- + Gr. ? motion.] (Physiol.) Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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