motor ataxia
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1. inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait (noun.state)
| hyponym | : | friedreich's ataxia, herediatry spinal ataxia, |
| definition | : | sclerosis of the posterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord; characterized by muscular weakness and abnormal gait; occurs in children (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | hereditary cerebellar ataxia, |
| definition | : | nervous disorder of late childhood and early adulthood; characterized by ataxic gait and hesitating or explosive speech and nystagmus (noun.state) |
| part meronym | : | spinocerebellar disorder, |
| definition | : | any of several congenital disorders marked by degeneration of the cerebellum and spinal cord resulting in spasticity and ataxia (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | atactic, ataxic, |
| definition | : | lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | atactic, ataxic, |
| definition | : | lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia (adj.pert) |
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