ataxic
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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
Although they usually develop in the ataxic stage, one or more years after the initial spinal symptoms, they may appear before there is any evidence of tabes.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
The pain of a gastric neurosis may, indeed, so simulate the gastric crises of locomotor ataxia as to make what is only a case of hysteria seem beyond doubt one of locomotor ataxic.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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