friedreich's ataxia

1. 1.

   sclerosis of the posterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord; characterized by muscular weakness and abnormal gait; occurs in children

   Synonymsherediatry spinal ataxia

   Broaderataxia

Questions about friedreich's ataxia

What does friedreich's ataxia mean?

friedreich's ataxia means "sclerosis of the posterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord; characterized by muscular weakness and abnormal gait; occurs in children".

What is another word for friedreich's ataxia?

Close synonyms include herediatry spinal 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 friedreich's ataxia a common word?

friedreich's 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.