FESTINATION - Definition

Pronunciation:		`festu'neyshun
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease)

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	See Also:	symptom

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Fes`ti*na"tion\, n. [L. festinatio.] Haste; hurry. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

Medical Dictionary

	Definition:	walking with a series of quick, small, shuffling steps as if hurrying forward to keep balance.