| 单词 | ataxia |
| 释义 | ataxia (once / 50946 pages) n Ataxia is a medical condition that causes people's muscles to move involuntarily. Having trouble balancing can sometimes be a sign of ataxia. If you suffer from ataxia, your muscles have stopped working together normally — you're not able to coordinate your movements the way you want to. Ataxia is a disorder of the nervous system that can be caused by many different conditions, including vitamin deficiency and inherited illnesses. In medical Latin, ataxia is "confusion or disorder," from the Greek taxis, "arrangement or order." WORD FAMILYataxic: ataxia USAGE EXAMPLESAfter being diagnosed with Friedreich’s ataxia as a teen, Kyle refuses to allow the neuromuscular disease to consume him and his body without a fight. Los Angeles Times(Dec 15, 2016) Goines has cerebellar ataxia, which results in an unsteady gait and slurred speech. Washington Times(Oct 10, 2016) Rarely, for instance, patients who take gabapentin may experience gait ataxia, or staggering – unsteady gait that causes their walking to appear uncoordinated. US News(Oct 04, 2016) n inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait Syn|Hypo|Hyper ataxy, dyssynergia, motor ataxia Friedreich's ataxia, herediatry spinal ataxia sclerosis of the posterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord; characterized by muscular weakness and abnormal gait; occurs in children hereditary cerebellar ataxianervous disorder of late childhood and early adulthood; characterized by ataxic gait and hesitating or explosive speech and nystagmus nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder a disorder of the nervous system |
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