HEREDITARY CEREBELLAR ATAXIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hereditary cerebellar ataxia mean? 

• HEREDITARY CEREBELLAR ATAXIA (noun)
  The noun HEREDITARY CEREBELLAR ATAXIA has 1 sense:

1. nervous disorder of late childhood and early adulthood; characterized by ataxic gait and hesitating or explosive speech and nystagmus

  Familiarity information: HEREDITARY CEREBELLAR ATAXIA used as a noun is very rare.

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• HEREDITARY CEREBELLAR ATAXIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nervous disorder of late childhood and early adulthood; characterized by ataxic gait and hesitating or explosive speech and nystagmus

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hereditary cerebellar ataxia" is a kind of...):

ataxia; ataxy; dyssynergia; motor ataxia (inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait)