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What does ataxia mean?

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Noun
  1. (pathology) Lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability.
  2. (chemistry) The condition of a polymer in which the orientation of the subunits is random
  3. (obsolete) Disorder; irregularity.
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Toxic side effects of phenytoin include nystagmus, dysarthria, diplopia, ataxia, and exacerbation of seizures.
Other episodic neurological disorders include periodic paralysis, hemiplegic migraine, and episodic ataxia.
The physical examination demonstrated horizontal and vertical nystagmus, ataxia and peripheral neuropathy.
Other manifestations of the disease include osteopenic bone disease, infertility, tetany, ataxia and neurologic disorders.
Over time, diverse clinical symptoms develop, among them peripheral neuropathies, ataxia, loss of position sense, and dementia.
In 1921, Guillain described a reversible form of acute tabetic ataxia that develops abruptly and improves completely on early suitable treatment.

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