ataxia

ataxia
noun Etymology: Greek, from a- + tassein to put in order Date: 1670 an inability to coordinate voluntary muscular movements that is symptomatic of some central nervous system disorders and injuries and not due to muscle weaknesscalled also incoordinationataxic adjective

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  • ataxia — (Del gr. ἀταξία). f. Med. Desorden, irregularidad, perturbación de las funciones del sistema nervioso. ataxia locomotriz. f. La que afecta a los movimientos voluntarios, como en la tabes dorsal …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • Ataxia — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Rock Gründung 2004 Aktuelle Besetzung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • ataxia — |cs| s. f. 1. Incoordenação patológica dos movimentos do corpo. 2. Desordem nos fenômenos psicológicos …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • ataxia — UK [əˈtæksɪə] / US or ataxy UK [əˈtæksɪ] / US noun [uncountable] medical the loss of the ability to control the movements your body makes Derived word: ataxic UK [əˈtæksɪk] / US adjective …   English dictionary

  • ataxia — [ə tak′sē ə] n. [Gr, disorder < ataktos, disorderly < a , not + taktos < tassein, arrange: see TACTICS] total or partial inability to coordinate voluntary bodily movements, as in walking ataxic adj., n …   English World dictionary

  • Ataxia — For other uses, see Ataxia (disambiguation). Ataxia (from Greek α [used as a negative prefix] + τάξις [order], meaning lack of order ) is a neurological sign and symptom that consists of gross lack of coordination of muscle movements. Ataxia is a …   Wikipedia

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