abasia
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
- From New Latin a- (“without”) + Ancient Greek basis (“step”) + New Latin -ia (“pathological condition”).
Pronunciation [edit]
(US) IPA: /ə.'beɪ.ʒə/, /ə.'beɪ.ʒi.ə/, /ə.'beɪ.zi.ə/
Noun [edit]
abasia (usually uncountable; plural abasias)[1]
- (medicine) An inability to walk due to a defect in muscular coordination.[2]
- The patient is able to move her legs while lying down but has abasia when she stands up.
Translations [edit]
incapacity to walk
References [edit]
- ^ 1976 [1909], Gove, Philip Babcock editor, Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., ISBN 0-87779-101-5:
- ^ 1993 [1940], Thomas, Clayton L. editor, Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, edition 5th, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, ISBN 0-8036-8313-8, page 1:
Italian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: abaˈzia
Noun [edit]
abasia f (plural abasie)
