ataxia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀταξία (ataxía, “disorder”), derived from ἄτακτος (átaktos, “disorderly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈtæksɪə/, /eɪˈtæksɪə/
• Hyphenation: atax‧ia

Noun

ataxia (countable and uncountable, plural ataxias)

1. (pathology) Lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability.

   Synonyms: ataxy, (rare) dystaxia

2. (chemistry) The condition of a polymer in which the orientation of the subunits is random
3. (obsolete) Disorder; irregularity.

   Synonym: (obsolete) dystaxia

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)

Derived terms

• acroataxia
• ataxiagraph
• ataxiameter
• ataxia telangiectasia
• ataxic
• ataxiology
• Friedreich's ataxia
• hemiataxia
• locomotor ataxia

 

Translations

lack of coordination

• Catalan: atàxia (ca) f
• Czech: ataxie f
• Dutch: ataxie (nl) f
• Finnish: ataksia (fi)
• French: ataxie (fr) f
• German: Ataxie (de) f
• Greek: αταξία (el) f (ataxía)
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• Ido: ataxio (io)
• Italian: atassia (it) f
• Polish: ataksja f
• Portuguese: ataxia (pt) f
• Russian: атакси́я (ru) f (ataksíja)
• Spanish: ataxia (es) f
• Swedish: ataxi (sv) c

Further reading

• ataxia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Portuguese

Noun

ataxia f (plural ataxias)

1. (pathology) ataxia (pathological lack of coordination)

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Spanish

Noun

ataxia f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) ataxia