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Definition of ataxia noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ataxia

noun
 
/əˈtæksiə/
 
/əˈtæksiə/
(also ataxy
 
/əˈtæksi/
 
/əˈtæksi/
)
[uncountable] (medical)
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  1. the loss of full control of the body’s movements
    Word 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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