Medical Definition of Heredotaxia

1. Sclerosis of the posterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord, occurring in children and marked by ataxia in the lower extremities, extending to the upper, followed by paralysis and contractures; autosomal recessive inheritance. See: spinocerebellar ataxia. Synonym: Friedreich's ataxia, heredotaxia. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heredotaxia

hereditary pancreatitis
hereditary pattern
hereditary peroneal nerve dysfunction
hereditary persistence of foetal haemoglobin
hereditary progressive arthro-ophthalmopathy
hereditary pyropoikilocytosis
hereditary sensory radicular neuropathy
hereditary spherocytosis
hereditary spinal ataxia
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heredofamilial tremor
heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis
heredotaxia (current term)
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