English
akinetopsiaakinetopsia
From a- + kineto- + -opsia.
A compound of a- + kineto- + -opsia
Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’
Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’
Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’
English a-
Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂- ‘to move, be in motion’
Ancient Greek κῑνέω ‘to set in motion’
Ancient Greek κῑ́νησῐς ‘motion’
Ancient Greek κῑνητῐκός ‘of or for putting in motion’
English kineto-
Today it means
noun An inability to perceive motion, despite stationary objects remaining more or less visible, due to brain damage disrupting input to the dorsal pathway.
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Etymograph / akinetopsia
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