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Ataxia vs Apoxia - What's the difference?

ataxia | apoxia |

As nouns the difference between ataxia and apoxia

is that ataxia is (pathology) lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability while apoxia is (medicine) altitude sickness.

ataxia

English

Noun

(wikipedia ataxia)
  • (pathology) Lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability.
  • (chemistry) The condition of a polymer in which the orientation of the subunits is random
  • (obsolete) Disorder; irregularity.
    • (Bishop Hall)

    Synonyms

    * ataxy * dystaxia

    Derived terms

    * ataxic

    apoxia

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (medicine) altitude sickness