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Meaning of FESTINATION

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)
 

FESTINATION is a 11 letter word that starts with F.

 

 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.
 

 

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