Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Loss of the ability to coordinate muscular movement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, irregularity in the functions of the body or in the course of a disease; specifically, inability to coördinate voluntary movements. Also
ataxy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Disorder; irregularity.
- noun archaic, archaic Irregularity in disease, or in the functions.
- noun archaic The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition.
- noun (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. - noun See
Locomotor .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology Lack of
coordination while performingvoluntary movements , which may appear to beclumsiness ,inaccuracy , orinstability .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Any person over the age of 18 with a confirmed diagnosis of Friedreich ataxia is eligible to participate.
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Any person with a confirmed diagnosis of Friedreich ataxia is eligible to participate.
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She developed pulmonary hypertension and a progressive neurological condition called ataxia that impacts balance and movement and has left her in need of a walker.
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Early symptoms reported by SCA2 patients appearing before gait ataxia, which is the most notorious clinical deficit, include dysarthria, problems with hand writing, and sleep disturbances
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Difficulty in speech, swallowing and sleep disturbances due to impaired coordination (also known as ataxia).
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She is especially interested in a disorder called ataxia telangiectasia, a genetic disease that first appears in young children.
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Early symptoms reported by SCA2 patients appearing before gait ataxia, which is the most notorious clinical deficit, include dysarthria, problems with hand writing, and sleep disturbances
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The report describes a young boy with a fatal neuromuscular disease called ataxia telangiectasia, who was treated with embryonic stem cells.
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The report describes a young boy with a fatal neuromuscular disease called ataxia telangiectasia, who was treated with embryonic stem cells.
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The report describes a young boy with a fatal neuromuscular disease called ataxia telangiectasia, who was treated with embryonic stem cells.
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