dysmetria

[ dis-me-tree-uh ]

nounPathology.
  1. the inability to conform muscular action to desired movements because of faulty judgment of distance.

Origin of dysmetria

1
1910–15; <New Latin <Greek dys-dys- + métr(on) a measure + -ia-ia

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