dyssynergia
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dyssynergia
(dɪsɪˈnɜːdʒɪə) ordyssynergy
n
(Pathology) muscular incoordination caused by a brain disorder
[from dys- + Greek synergia cooperation]
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Noun | 1. | dyssynergia - inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait 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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dys·syn·er·gi·a
, dyssynergyn. disinergia. V.: ataxia
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