different between ataxia vs atactic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (ataxía, “disorder”), derived from ??????? (átaktos, “disorderly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??tæks??/, /e??tæks??/
• Hyphenation: atax?ia

Noun

ataxia (countable and uncountable, plural ataxias)

1. (pathology) Lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability.

   Synonyms: ataxy, (rare) dystaxia

2. (chemistry) The condition of a polymer in which the orientation of the subunits is random
3. (obsolete) Disorder; irregularity.

   Synonym: (obsolete) dystaxia

   • 1569, John Leslie, A Defence of the Honour of the Right Highe, Mightye and Noble Princesse Marie Quene of Scotlande, Rheims, Book 3,^[1]

     Ye frame an other argumente of inconueniences, as thowghe vnder the womans regimente, Ataxia, that ys to saye disorder moste commonlye creapethe in.

   • 1614, Thomas Adams, The Devills Banket, London: Ralph Mab, The Second Service, Sermon 2, p. 51,^[2]

     Let not Gods eutaxie, Order, by our friuolous scruples be brought to ataxie, Confusion.

   • 1640, Joseph Hall, Episcopacie by Divine Right, London: Nathanael Butter, Part 3, § 1, p. 212,^[3]

     Neither is there any Ataxie to bee feared in bringing in this distinction, betwixt Pastors and flock; It is an Eutaxie rather:

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• ataxia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

ataxia f (plural ataxias)

1. (pathology) ataxia (pathological lack of coordination)

Derived terms

• atáxico

Further reading

• “ataxia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Noun

ataxia f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) ataxia

Derived terms

• atáxico

Further reading

• “ataxia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Adjective

atactic (comparative more atactic, superlative most atactic)

1. (medicine) Of or pertaining to ataxia.
2. (chemistry) Describing any regular polymer or other macromolecule in which the orientation of the subunits is random.