The medical term bradykinesia means:

A) abnormally slow growth of long bones
B) joint stiffness
C) inability to coordinate muscles
D) abnormally slow movement


D
Explanation: This term is created with the prefix brady-, "slow"; the root kinesi, "movement"; and the suffix -ia, "condition of." Note that the i in the word root is dropped when using a suffix that begins with an i.

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