bas-, bat-

1. A performer on the trapeze, tightrope, etc. who "walks on tiptoe"; such as, walking on a wire high above the ground.
2. A skilled performer of gymnastic feats; such as, walking on a tightrope or swinging on a trapeze.
3. Etymology: from French acrobate, from Greek akrobates, "rope dancer, gymnastic performer"; related to akrobatos, "going on tip-toe, climbing up high"; from akros "topmost, at the point end" + bainein, "to walk, to go".

1. Avoidance of walking because of the fear that something dreadful will happen as a result; such as, collapsing and dying.
2. An emotional inability to stand or to walk even in the absence of a muscle disease.

Someone who has a dread of walking or standing erect; even without any muscular problems.

An abnormal fear of passing or walking close to high objects; such as, high buildings or tall trees; dread of heights.

A compound of Greek batos, “passable”, a verbal adjective of bainein, “to go”.

The association of Greek batos with “height” is apparently a result of a connection of this word with the second element in acrobat because acrobats are associated with the idea that they perform their arts high over ground levels. Perhaps a much better name for this condition would be hyposophobia.

1. The shuffling gait, or walk, characteristic of partial paraplegia or in Parkinson's disease.
2. A slow, shuffling, short-stepped gait (walk), as seen in double hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of the body).

1. Difficulty in walking, including excessively fast steps (tachybasia), or very small steps (brachybasia).
2. Difficulty in walking, especially as the result of a disorder of the nervous system.
3. Difficulty in or distortion of walking which occurs in people with mental disorders.

Any form of difficult or distorted walking, whether organically or psychically determined.

An apparatus for measuring the weight bearing period of limbs during walking.

The graphic process by which an electrobasograph is made; used for gait analysis.

The apparent difficulty in walking seen in hysterical individuals, often characterized by marked swaying, zigzag steps, superfluous movements, and faked falling by which the person dramatizes the disability.

The fear of standing and walking.

Difficulty in walking, including excessively fast steps.