ataxia
noun/əˈtæksiə/
/əˈtæksiə/
(also ataxy
[uncountable] (medical)/əˈtæksi/
/əˈtæksi/
)- the loss of full control of the body’s movementsWord Originlate 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek, from a- ‘without’ + taxis ‘order’. The original sense was ‘irregularity, disorder’, later (in medical use) denoting irregular functions or symptoms.
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