An inability to coordinate muscle activity during voluntary movement, so that smooth movements occur. Most often due to disorders of the cerebellum or the posterior columns of the spinal cord; may involve the limbs, head, or trunk. Syn: ataxy, incoordination.
Origin
[G. a-prov. + taxis, order]
acute ataxia
ataxia-telangiectasia
bovine congenital ataxia
Briquet’s ataxia
Bruns ataxia
ataxia of calves
cerebellar ataxia
chronic ataxia
ataxia cordis
enzootic ataxia
equine spinal ataxia
Friedreich’s ataxia
hereditary ataxia
hereditary cerebellar ataxia
hereditary spinal ataxia
hysterical ataxia
kinetic ataxia
ataxia of lambs
Leyden’s ataxia
locomotor ataxia
Marie’s ataxia
moral ataxia
motor ataxia
optic ataxia
respiratory ataxia
sensory ataxia
spinal ataxia
spinocerebellar ataxia
static ataxia
ataxia telangiectasia
vasomotor ataxia
vestibulocerebellar ataxia