Crossword clues for ataxy
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
Disorder; irregularity. [Obs.]
--Bp. Hall.-
(Med.)
Irregularity in disease, or in the functions.
The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition. [archaic]
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(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
Locomotor ataxia. See Locomotor.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context medicine English) ataxia 2 (context obsolete English) disorder; irregularity
WordNet
n. inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait [syn: ataxia, dyssynergia, motor ataxia]
Usage examples of "ataxy".
In the mean time he asked me all sorts of questions about myself and all my relatives, whether we had been subject to this and that malady, until I felt as if we must some of us have had more or less of them, and could not feel quite sure whether Elephantiasis and Beriberi and Progressive Locomotor Ataxy did not run in the family.