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locomotor ataxia
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Locomotor ataxia
(gcide) | Locomotor \Lo`co*mo"tor\, a. [See Locomotion.]
Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.
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Locomotor ataxia, or Progressive locomotor ataxy (Med.),
a disease of the spinal cord characterized by peculiar
disturbances of gait, and difficulty in coordinating
voluntary movements.
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Locomotor ataxia
(gcide) | Ataxia \A*tax"i*a\, Ataxy \At"ax*y\, n. [NL. ataxia, Gr. ?, fr.
? out of order; 'a priv. + ? ordered, arranged, ? to put in
order: cf. F. ataxie.]
1. Disorder; irregularity. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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2. (Med.)
(a) Irregularity in disease, or in the functions.
(b) The state of disorder that characterizes nervous
fevers and the nervous condition. [archaic]
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3. (Med.) Loss of coordination in the voluntary muscles,
especially the limbs; an inability to coordinate voluntary
muscle movements; it results in unsteady movements and a
staggering gait. See also locomotor ataxia, an ataxia
which occurs when attempting to perform coordinated
muscular movements.
Syn: ataxy
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Locomotor ataxia. See Locomotor.
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locomotor ataxia
(wn) | locomotor ataxia
n 1: syphilis of the spinal cord characterized by degeneration
of sensory neurons and stabbing pains in the trunk and legs
and unsteady gait and incontinence and impotence [syn:
tabes dorsalis, locomotor ataxia] |
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