dyssynergia

dyssynergia

(dɪsɪˈnɜːdʒɪə) or

dyssynergy

n

(Pathology) muscular incoordination caused by a brain disorder

[from dys- + Greek synergia cooperation]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dyssynergia - inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait ataxia, ataxy, motor ataxia nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder - a disorder of the nervous system Friedreich's ataxia, herediatry spinal ataxia - sclerosis of the posterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord; characterized by muscular weakness and abnormal gait; occurs in children hereditary cerebellar ataxia - nervous disorder of late childhood and early adulthood; characterized by ataxic gait and hesitating or explosive speech and nystagmus spinocerebellar disorder - any of several congenital disorders marked by degeneration of the cerebellum and spinal cord resulting in spasticity and ataxia

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Translations

dys·syn·er·gi·a

, dyssynergy

n. disinergia. V.: ataxia

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