A*tax"i*a (#), At"ax*y (#), n. [NL. ataxia, Gr. , fr. out of order; priv. + ordered, arranged, to put in order: cf. F. ataxie.]
1.
Disorder; irregularity.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
2. Med. (a)
Irregularity in disease, or in the functions.
(b)
The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition.
Locomotor ataxia. See Locomotor.
© Webster 1913.