ataxic

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adjective

Pertaining to ataxia

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atactic
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Meanings

adjective
  1. Pertaining to ataxia

    Mr Lackersteen tottered after her, with a strange ataxic step caused partly by earth-tremors and partly by gin.

    1934, George Orwell, chapter 15, in Burmese Days
  2. geographyNot eutaxic
nounataxic (plural ataxics)

plural ataxics

  1. A person suffering from ataxia.

Synonyms & antonyms

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atactic

adjectivelacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia

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atactic
Also see
atactic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From ataxia + -ic.

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Translations

Catalan atàctic
  • atàcticpertaining to ataxia
French ataxique
  • ataxiquepertaining to ataxia
Polish ataktyczny
  • ataktycznypertaining to ataxia

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ataxic

laccic
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Cite this entry
APA

ataxic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ataxic

MLA

“ataxic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ataxic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ataxic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ataxic.

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