| ataxy | 1. Disorder; irregularity. 2. <medicine> Irregularity in disease, or in the functions. The state of disorder that characterises nervous fevers and the nervous condition. Locomotor ataxia. See Locomotor. Origin: NL. Ataxia, Gr, fr. Out of order; priv. + ordered, arranged, to put in order: cf. F. Ataxie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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