dysmetria

[ dis-me-tree-uh ]

/ dɪsˈmɛ tri ə /

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noun Pathology.

the inability to conform muscular action to desired movements because of faulty judgment of distance.

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Origin of dysmetria

1910–15; <New Latin <Greek dys-dys- + métr(on) a measure + -ia-ia

Words nearby dysmetria

dyslogia, dyslogistic, dysmelia, dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrhoea, dysmetria, dysmnesia, dysmorphia, dysmorphism, dysmorphophobia, Dysnomia