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abasia

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[uh-bay-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh] / əˈbeɪ ʒə, -ʒi ə, -zi ə /

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. inability to walk due to a limitation or absence of muscular coordination.


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Etymology

Origin of abasia

1885–90; < New Latin, equivalent to Greek a- a- 6 + bat-, verbid of baínein to walk + -ia -ia


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