Definitions for: Ataxia

[n] inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

Webster (1913) Definition: A*tax"i*a, Ataxy At"ax*y, n. [NL. ataxia, Gr. ?, fr.
? out of order; 'a priv. + ? ordered, arranged, ? to put in
order: cf. F. ataxie.]
1. Disorder; irregularity. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.

2. (Med.)
(a) Irregularity in disease, or in the functions.
(b) The state of disorder that characterizes nervous
fevers and the nervous condition.

Locomotor ataxia. See Locomotor.

Synonyms: ataxy, dyssynergia, motor ataxia

See Also: Friedreich's ataxia, herediatry spinal ataxia, hereditary cerebellar ataxia, nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder, spinocerebellar disorder

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