Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ataxia"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Ataxia \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}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

ataxia
n : inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady
movements and staggering gait [syn: {ataxy}, {dyssynergia},
{motor ataxia}]

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