ataxia

1. 1.

   inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

   Synonymsataxydyssynergiamotor ataxia

   Broadernervous disorder

   NarrowerFriedreich's ataxiahereditary cerebellar ataxia

   Part ofspinocerebellar disorder

Other forms of ataxia

plural

ataxias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ataxia

What does ataxia mean?

ataxia means "inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait".

How many syllables are in ataxia?

ataxia has 4 syllables: a-tax-i-a. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /ˈeɪˈtæksiə/.

What is another word for ataxia?

Close synonyms include ataxy, dyssynergia, motor ataxia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ataxia a common word?

ataxia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.