astasia

[ uh-stey-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. inability to stand due to a limitation or absence of muscular coordination.

Word History and Origins

Origin of astasia¹

1885–90; < Greek astasía instability, equivalent to ástat ( os ) ( astatic ) + -ia -ia

Example Sentences

In another of Briand's cases torticollis alternated with astasia-abasia, a sort of "mental paraplegia."

From Project Gutenberg

They are really a loss of confidence in one's power to do things and a passing astasia-abasia.

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