ataxo-, ataxia- +

Ataxia affecting the distal portion of the extremities; such as, hands and fingers, feet, and toes.

Ataxia is the inability to coordinate muscle activity during voluntary movement, so that smooth movements occur.

An irregular tension of the blood vessels.

An inability to form phrases and sentences despite the ability to enunciate individual words: "Communication for the wounded soldier was difficult because of the ataxaphasias he was experiencing during which he was able to say individual words but he wasn't able to combine them into normal sentences."

1. Absence or lack of order; lack of coordination: "Her cousin always refused to dance because of her sense of ataxia and feeling as if she had two left feet."
2. The inability of someone to be physically able to perform complex moves during muscle activity while making voluntary movements or when doing irregular muscular actions: "Swimming proved to be difficult for her sister because of her ataxia and inability to move her arms and legs in coordinated sequencial motions."
3. Unsteadiness, incoordination or disorganization of movements in the absence of paralysis: "For a few moments after getting off the Merry-Go-Round, the boy looked as if he were experiencing ataxia, staggering with dizziness and walking in an uncoordinated way."

Muscular weakness combined with incoordination: "The progressive neurological condition of the man was characterized by ataxiadynamia which may be caused by damage to the cerebellum or that part of the brain which is responsible for the coordination of complex voluntary muscular movements as well as the maintenance of posture and balance."

A record obtained with an ataxiameter, an instrument for measuring the degree and direction of the swaying of the body and head in static ataxia (inability to keep one's equilibrium), with the individual's eyes closed.

An instrument for measuring the degree and direction of the swaying of the body and head in static ataxia, with the individual's eyes closed. Also: ataxiameter.

An instrument for measuring involuntary tremor and unsteadiness (as the swaying of the whole body in the erect posture).

Amnesia and ataxia in the same individual.

Ataxia refers to unsteadiness, incoordination, or disorganization of movements in the absence of paralysis.

1. The inability to arrange words or to form connected sentences.
2. The inability to construct phrases, while retaining the ability to say isolated words.

A medical condition that results in the lack of proper coordination of the speech muscles: "After the girl's uncle had a stroke, it appeared that he developed ataxiophemia and was unable to use his muscles to speak clearly."

1. An excessive fear of disorder, disarray, disarrangement, or of being in an untidy situation: "Some ataxiophobiacs have obsessive-compulsive disorders that are persistent, intense, senseless, and worrisome; in fact, they tend to be so excessive at keeping things in order that they make it nearly impossible to exist with others who are of a less-than-orderly nature."
2. An abnormal fear of falling or tripping: "Ataxia is a lack of co-ordination in the muscles which is a symptom of damage to part of the central nervous system and so people who have ataxiophobias may be that way because of their experiences in swaying or even falling down; especially, if they close their eyes even for a second."

Loss of muscle coordination; especially, of the extremities; ataxy.

A description of a situation in which the patient displays alternating phases of paralysis and of ataxia, as seen in patients with severe infections; such as, typhoid fever.

A mental dread of disorder or chaos: "Every time the couple went to visit the husband's aunt, her ataxophobia appeared to increase because she was constantly rearranging things on her shelves or dusting things; to such a degree, that it was impossible to carry on much of a conversation with her."