abasia
English
Etymology
- From New Latin a- (“without”) + Ancient Greek basis (“step”) + New Latin -ia (“pathological condition”).
Pronunciation
(US) IPA: /ə.'beɪ.ʒə/, /ə.'beɪ.ʒi.ə/, /ə.'beɪ.zi.ə/
Noun
abasia (usually uncountable; plural abasias)[1]
- (medicine) An inability to walk due to a defect in muscular coordination.[2]
- The patient is able to move her legs while lying down but has abasia when she stands up.
Translations
incapacity to walk
References
- ^ 1976 [1909], Gove, Philip Babcock editor, Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., ISBN 0-87779-101-5:
- ^ 1993 [1940], Thomas, Clayton L. editor, Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, edition 5th, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, ISBN 0-8036-8313-8, page 1: