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Definition: Ataxic |
AtaxicAdjective1. Lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Ataxic \A*tax"ic\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression ataxique. See Ataxia.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Said of an unstratified mineral deposit. CF:eutaxic. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AtaxicSynonym: atactic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ataxic |
| English words defined with "ataxic": hereditary cerebellar ataxia. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Ataxic cerebral palsy. (references) | |
The ataxic form affects an estimated 5 to 10 percent of cerebral palsy patients. (references) | ||
Today doctors classify cerebral palsy into four broad categories -- spastic, athetoid, ataxic, and mixed forms -- according to the type of movement disturbance. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ataxic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ataxic" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ataxic": ataxic abasia ♦ ataxic aphasia ♦ Ataxic fever ♦ ataxic gait ♦ ataxic motor aphasia. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ataxic cerebral palsy | 18 |
ataxic | 8 |
ataxic gait | 7 |
ataxic cerebral palsy lawyer | 3 |
ataxic cerebral palsy attorney | 3 |
ataxic cp | 2 |
ataxic dysarthria | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ataxic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 动转失调. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | ataktisk (atactic, ataxial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | atactisch (atactic, ataxial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | ataxique (atactic, ataxial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | ataxisch (atactic, ataxial), ataktisch (atactic, ataxial), atacticus (atactic, ataxial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αταξικός (atactic, ataxial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | atassico (atactic, ataxial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ataxicay atáxico (atactic, ataxial). (various references) atáxico (atactic, ataxial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ataxic": ataxics. (additional references) | |
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"Ataxic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adamic, Anaxis, apaxic, ataxi, ataxim, ataxis, atoxic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ataxic" (pronounced 'A*tax"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, Actinolitic, Actinophonic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic, Aerobiotic, Aerodynamic, Aerolitic, AEsthesodic, Agamic, Agamogenetic, Agenesic, Agnatic, Agonic, Agonothetic, Agraphic, Agrypnotic, Albinotic, Alcaic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-t-x" | |
-2 letters: acta, taxa, taxi. | |
-3 letters: act, ait, cat, tax, tic. | |
-4 letters: aa, ai, at, ax, it, ta, ti, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-t-x" | |
+1 letter: ataxics, taxicab. | |
+2 letters: ataraxic, maxicoat, taxicabs. | |
+3 letters: ataraxics, axiomatic, catalexis, maxicoats. | |
+4 letters: anticlimax, excavating, excavation, paclitaxel. | |
+5 letters: cataplexies, excavations, exclamation, paclitaxels. | |
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