hereditary cerebellar ataxia
1hereditary cerebellar ataxia — noun nervous disorder of late childhood and early adulthood; characterized by ataxic gait and hesitating or explosive speech and nystagmus • Hypernyms: ↑ataxia, ↑ataxy, ↑dyssynergia, ↑motor ataxia …
2ataxia — noun inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait • Syn: ↑ataxy, ↑dyssynergia, ↑motor ataxia • Derivationally related forms: ↑ataxic, ↑atactic • Hypernyms: ↑ …
3Ataxia — For other uses, see Ataxia (disambiguation). Ataxia (from Greek α [used as a negative prefix] + τάξις [order], meaning lack of order ) is a neurological sign and symptom that consists of gross lack of coordination of muscle movements. Ataxia is a …
4Ataxia — Wobbliness. Ataxia is incoordination and unsteadiness due to the brain’s failure to regulate the body’s posture and regulate the strength and direction of limb movements. Ataxia is usually a consequence of disease in the brain,… …
5Hereditary spastic paraplegia — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|G|11|4|g|10 ICD9 = ICD9|334.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = pmr eMedicineTopic = 45 MeshID = D015419 Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), also called Familial… …
6ataxia — n. the shaky movements and unsteady gait that result from the brain s failure to regulate the body s posture and the strength and direction of limb movements. In cerebellar ataxia, due to disease of the cerebellum, there is clumsiness of willed… …
7motor ataxia — noun inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait • Syn: ↑ataxia, ↑ataxy, ↑dyssynergia • Derivationally related forms: ↑ataxic (for: ↑ataxia), ↑atactic …
8Spinocerebellar ataxia — (SCA) is a genetic disease with multiple types, each of which could be considered a disease in its own right. ymptomsSpinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is one of a group of genetic disorders characterized by slowly progressive incoordination of gait… …
9Episodic ataxia — (EA) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by sporadic bouts of ataxia (severe discoordination) with or without myokymia (continuous muscle movement). Ataxia can be provoked by stress, startle, or heavy exertion such as exercise.… …
10spinocerebellar ataxia — n any of a group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders that are characterized by cerebellar dysfunction manifested esp. by progressive ataxia * * * any of a group of hereditary disorders, some of autosomal dominant and others of autosomal… …
