ataxy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ataxy	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ataxy n inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait Synonym(s): ataxia, ataxy, dyssynergia, motor ataxia
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ataxia \[d8]Atax"ia\, 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}.