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Definition of Ataxic

1. Adjective. Lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia.

Definition of Ataxic

1. a. Characterized by ataxy, that is, (a) by great irregularity of functions or symptoms, or (b) by a want of coordinating power in movements.

Definition of Ataxic

1. Adjective. Pertaining to ataxia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ataxic

1. one suffering from ataxia [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ataxic

1. Characterised by ataxy, that is, by great irregularity of functions or symptoms, or by a want of coordinating power in movements. Ataxic fever, malignant typhus fever. Origin: Cf. F. Ataxique. See Ataxia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ataxic

Literary usage of Ataxic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(d) Combined Sclerosis of the Posterior and the Lateral Funiculi (ataxic Paraplegia ... The spastic-ataxic gait is the most prominent symptom in all cases. ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"LATENCY OP ataxic SYMPTOMS IN CASES OF OPTIC ATROPHY. GL WALTON (Boston Med. and Surg. Journal, August 1, 1889) calls attention to the early occurrence of ..."

3. Lectures on the diseases of the nervous system by Jean Martin Charcot (1881)
"Phases of ataxic arthropathy. Joints attacked. Its special characters. Diagnosis between the arthropathy of ataxic patients and dry arthritis. ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1893)
"ataxic PARAPLEGIA. Dr. L. STIEGLITZ presented a patient, a man aged 40 years, who has been under observation for a year. He first complained of weakness and ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1905)
"As the patients improve, all show absence of knee-jerk and all become ataxic. ... A Case of Spastic ataxic Paraplegia Developing After Childbirth. ..."

6. A Handbook of medical diagnosis: For the Use of Practitioners and Students by James Cornelius Wilson (1911)
"ataxic PARAPLEGIA. This is a syndrome caused by a combined sclerosis of the lateral ... Because of its morbid anatomy it is easy to understand that ataxic ..."

7. Essentials of Diagnosis: Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers by Solomon Solis-Cohen, Augustus Adolph Eshner (1892)
"What are the causes of ataxic paraplegia or postero-lateral sclerosis ? Postero-lateral sclerosis, or ataxic paraplegia, is more common in males than in ..."

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