ataxia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
    ataxy; dyssynergia; motor ataxia.

WordNet

A*tax"i*a, At"ax*y noun (Also<
  • Ataxia
  • Ataxy
)
Etymology
NL. ataxia, Gr. , fr. out of order; priv. + ordered, arranged, to put in order: cf. F. ataxie.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913