Aboulia

Aboulia or Abulia (from the Greek "αβουÎ"ία", meaning "non-will"), in neurology, refers to a lack of will or initiative and is one of the Disorders of Diminished Motivation or DDM.

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Aboulia: 1. Loss or impairment of the ability to perform voluntary actions or to make decisions. 2. Reduction in speech, movement, thought, and emotional reaction; a common result of bilateral frontal lobe disease. Synonym: abulia. Origin: G.

See also: Apraxia, Symptom, Paralysis, Mutism, Abasia