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Webster 1913 Edition
Ataxy
{ ‖
A-tax′i-a
,At′ax-y
, }Noun.
[NL.
ataxia
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] out of order; ἀ
priv. + [GREEK] ordered, arranged, [GREEK] to put in order: cf. F. ataxie
.] 1.
Disorder; irregularity.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
2.
(Med.)
(a)
Irregularity in disease, or in the functions.
(b)
The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition.
[archaic]
Locomotor ataxia
. See
Locomotor
.Webster 1828 Edition
Ataxy
ATAX'Y
,Noun.
Want of order; disturbance; irregularity in the functions of the body, or in the crises and paroxysms of disease.