Centrokinesia


centrokinesia cen·tro·ki·ne·sia (sěn’trō-kĭ-nē’zhə, -kī-)
n.
A movement occurring as a result of a stimulus of central origin.
cen’tro·ki·net’ic (-nět’ĭk) adj.

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