ataxic
Americanadjective
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At the LincolnHealth-Miles Campus Hospital in nearby Damariscotta, it was clear to the E.R. doctors that the patient wasn’t weak but ataxic, lacking not strength but coordination.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
Nine-year-old Minty was recognised by Cats Protection for the support he gives Connor, who also has a range of medical conditions, including ataxic cerebral palsy.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2021
For example, the report said Ali had “mild ataxic dysarthria,” meaning difficulty coordinating the muscles involved in speech.
From Time ● Jun. 4, 2016
Is it you, ataxic nephew, or you, mystic nephew, or yet you, idiot niece, who are to reveal to me the truth, showing me one of the forms of the lesion from which I suffer?
From Doctor Pascal by Mary J. (Mary Jane) Serrano
And what is it going to make of me, an ataxic or a madman?
From Doctor Pascal by Mary J. (Mary Jane) Serrano
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