Meaning | inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait. |
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Synonyms | ataxy, dyssynergia, motor ataxia |
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Part of | spinocerebellar disorder | Any of several congenital disorders marked by degeneration of the cerebellum and spinal cord resulting in spasticity and ataxia |
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Narrower | Friedreich's ataxia, herediatry spinal ataxia | sclerosis of the posterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord |
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hereditary cerebellar ataxia | nervous disorder of late childhood and early adulthood |
Broader | nervous disorder, neurological disorder, neurological disease | A disorder of the nervous system |
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Spanish | ataxia, motor ataxia |
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Catalan | atàxia |
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Adjectives | ataxic, atactic | lacking motor coordination |
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