abasia
IPA: ʌbˈeɪʒjʌ
noun
- (medicine) An inability to walk due to a defect in muscular coordination.
Examples of "abasia" in Sentences
- Abasia refers to lack of motor coordination in walking.
- Astasia-abasia was named by Blocq, who collected 11 cases.
- From this same standpoint I have studied another case, a married woman of twenty-nine, with marked neurasthenic and hysterical symptoms (including astasia-abasia, anesthesias, palpitation of the heart, throbbing sensations in the stomach and a great many other symptoms).