Autokinesis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Autokinesis \Au`to*ki*ne"sis\, n. [NL.; auto- + Gr. ? motion.]
     (Physiol.)
     Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an
     internal cause.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]