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