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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. (Med.)
a Irregularity in disease, or in the functions.
b The state of disorder that characterizes nervous
fevers and the nervous condition.
{Locomotor ataxia}. See {Locomotor}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ataxy
n : inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady
movements and staggering gait [syn: {ataxia}]
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