Ataxia

1. Disorder; irregularity.
2. (Med.) Loss of coordination in the voluntary muscles, especially the limbs; an inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; it results in unsteady movements and a staggering gait. See also locomotor ataxia, an ataxia which occurs when attempting to perform coordinated muscular movements.
1. Irregularity in disease, or in the functions.
2. The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition.
Locomotor ataxia .
See Locomotor.