ataxic

Examples

• All

• The data presented here have immediate and decisive application for addressing lexical stress impairments, such as those in childhood apraxia of speech and ataxic dysarthria, as well as autism.

  Academic text (2012)

• The authors observed changes to segmental error patterns for listeners familiarized with ataxic speech but not for those familiarized with hypokinetic speech.

  Academic text (2012)

• This suggests that the perceptual presentation of ataxic dysarthria may be more amenable to learning than that which characterizes hypokinetic dysarthria.

  Academic text (2012)

• He struggled to walk in a straight line due to his ataxic condition, which affected his muscle coordination.

• After her stroke, she became ataxic and found it difficult to control her limbs.

Synonyms

U

uncoordinated

vsataxic

6 4.8

Not able to move with control so movements look clumsy

refers to lack of coordination specifically caused by neurological disorder

A

atactic

vsataxic

• Specialized

9.9

Not able to control body movements, making them unsteady or clumsy

is the same but uses a different adjective form

Antonyms

C

coordinated

3.8

Able to move different parts of the body smoothly and accurately

Compounds

A

ataxic abasia

• Specialized

9.9

A condition that makes a person unable to walk because the legs cannot work together

A

ataxic aphasia

• Specialized

9.9

Severe trouble speaking and writing after brain damage such as a stroke

How Coordinated

coordinated

3.8

ataxic

• Specialized

1 9.9

uncoordinated

6 4.8

clumsy

73 1.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology