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ataxia

[ uh-tak-see-uh ]

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noun

, Pathology.

loss of coordination of the muscles, especially of the extremities. Compare tabes dorsalis ( def ).

ataxia

/ əˈtæksɪ; əˈtæksɪə /

ataxia

/ ə-tăk′sē-ə /

Loss of muscular coordination as a result of damage to the central nervous system.

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Origin of ataxia¹

First recorded in 1605–15; from New Latin, from Greek: “indiscipline,” from a- a- ⁶ + táx(is) -taxis + -ia -ia

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Origin of ataxia¹

C17: via New Latin from Greek: lack of coordination, from a- ¹+ -taxia, from tassein to put in order

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At times locomotor ataxia begins with very severe pain seizures, known as crises.

Hence it is that paresis and locomotor ataxia are comparatively quite common among actors, brokers, and financiers.

A physician wrote me, taking me to task for listing among the cures reported in my tabulation a case of locomotor ataxia.

Locomotor ataxia was the least she might expect from her description of her feelings.

May his unsightly face, and more hideous body dislocate itself in a deceitful ataxia (for they're still at these old tricks)!

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