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astasia
[ uh-stey-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh ]
/ əˈsteɪ ʒə, -ʒi ə, -zi ə /
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noun Medicine/Medical.
inability to stand due to a limitation or absence of muscular coordination.
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How to use astasia in a sentence
In another of Briand's cases torticollis alternated with astasia-abasia, a sort of "mental paraplegia."
Tics and Their Treatment|Henry MeigneThey are really a loss of confidence in one's power to do things and a passing astasia-abasia.
Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh