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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) (a) Irregularity in disease, or in the functions. (b) The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition. [archaic] [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) Loss of coordination in the voluntary muscles, especially the limbs; an inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; it results in unsteady movements and a staggering gait. See also locomotor ataxia, an ataxia which occurs when attempting to perform coordinated muscular movements. Syn: ataxy [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] Locomotor ataxia. See Locomotor. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ataxia n 1: inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait [syn: ataxia, ataxy, dyssynergia, motor ataxia]