Ataxia vs Disorientation - What's the difference?
ataxia | disorientation |
(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.
the loss of one's sense of direction, or of one's position in relationship with the surroundings
a state of confusion with regard to time, place or identity
a delusion
As nouns the difference between ataxia and disorientation
is that ataxia is lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability while disorientation is the loss of one's sense of direction, or of one's position in relationship with the surroundings.ataxia
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(wikipedia ataxia)- (Bishop Hall)