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asterixis (as″tәr-ik´sis) a motor disturbance marked by intermittent lapses of an assumed posture because sustained contraction of groups of muscles lapses; sometimes called “liver flap” because of its occurrence in coma associated with liver disease, although it is also observed in other conditions.
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