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Definition of Atactic
1. Adjective. Lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia.
Definition of Atactic
1. Adjective. (medicine) Of or pertaining to ataxia ¹
2. Adjective. (chemistry) Describing any regular polymer or other macromolecule in which the orientation of the subunits is random ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Atactic
1. showing no regularity of structure [adj]
Medical Definition of Atactic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Atactic
Literary usage of Atactic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1900)
"In pneumonia increase of air in the finer bronchi and the uninvolved alveoli may
explain the change. The atactic Form of Alcoholic Polyneuritis. ..."
2. A Clinical text-book of medical diagnosis by Oswald Vierordt (1895)
"Hereupon we look for signs of atactic aphasia : requiring hin» to speak and to
... If the patient is atactic-aphasic, then we must always make the effort to ..."
3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"A further proof is the effect on the weight curve in the prodromal stage, in the
light of the fact that atactic and spastic phenomena ..."
4. The Eye and Nervous System: Their Diagnostic Relations by William Campbell Posey, William Gibson Spiller (1906)
"atactic movements of the eyeballs are not infrequently observed, though they
rarely approximate a true nystagmus. It is probable that this symptom when ..."
5. A Manual of the practice of medicine by Frederick Taylor (1890)
"A word may here be said about a classification of aphasia that is still much
used, namely into atactic and amnesic aphasia. It corresponds roughly to that ..."
6. Diseases of the nervous system, their prevalence and pathology by Julius Althaus (1877)
"In the atactic variety, on the other hand, the patient is unable to say the words
which ... An interesting case of atactic aphasia is that which M. Lordat,1 ..."
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