Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In pathology, of or pertaining to ataxia; characterized by irregularity in function or course; irregular.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Characterized by ataxy, that is, (a) by great irregularity of functions or symptoms, or (b) by a lack of coordinating power in movements.
- adjective malignant typhus fever.
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- adjective Pertaining to
ataxia .
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- adjective lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia
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Examples
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Perhaps she might be excused for her transgressions due to the fact that she was born with ataxic cerebral palsy.
Lee Brenner: The Top 10 Stories From 2011 Missing From All the Top 10 Lists Lee Brenner 2011
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Perhaps she might be excused for her transgressions due to the fact that she was born with ataxic cerebral palsy.
Lee Brenner: The Top 10 Stories From 2011 Missing From All the Top 10 Lists Lee Brenner 2011
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Perhaps she might be excused for her transgressions due to the fact that she was born with ataxic cerebral palsy.
Lee Brenner: The Top 10 Stories From 2011 Missing From All the Top 10 Lists Lee Brenner 2011
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Perhaps she might be excused for her transgressions due to the fact that she was born with ataxic cerebral palsy.
Lee Brenner: The Top 10 Stories From 2011 Missing From All the Top 10 Lists Lee Brenner 2011
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Obviously, it's because the daughter has ataxic cerebral palsy, and people felt that given that I'm a public figure and an advocate for people with disabilities, I should make a public comment about it.
Geri Jewell: Geri-ism #2: Unmasking the Real Disabilities Geri Jewell 2011
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It said that Ali seems to have a mild ataxic dysarthria difficulty in coordinating the muscles used in speaking.
Sound and Fury Dave Kindred 2006
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Mr Lackersteen tottered after her, with a strange ataxic step caused partly by earth-tremors and partly by gin.
Burmese Days 2002
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In tropical ataxic neuropathy, one of the sensory tracts in the spinal cord is damaged.
10: Food science 1996
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Despite aggressive neuroleptic treatment, they continue to be hyperactive, although stiff, ataxic, and slurred in speech.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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Thus, a heavily tattooed young male suggests antisocial personality, whereas a dazed, ataxic woman with urine-stained clothes suggestes normal-pressure hydrocephalus.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
erinoftheyear commented on the word ataxic
I am very ataxic, constantly stumbling, running into things... not graceful in the slightest.
August 16, 2007