| Pronunciation: | | u'takseeu
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[n] inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait |
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ATAXIA is a 6 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | ataxy, dyssynergia, motor ataxia |
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| | See Also: | | Friedreich's ataxia, herediatry spinal ataxia, hereditary cerebellar ataxia, nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder, spinocerebellar disorder |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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}.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Failure of muscle coordination. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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- A loss of normal muscular coordination.
- This is a condition in which a person is not able to coordinate his or her muscle movements; as a result, he or she cannot walk or move properly.
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