abasia

[ uh-bey-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. inability to walk due to a limitation or absence of muscular coordination.

Other Words From

• a·ba·sic [uh, -, bey, -zik, -sik], a·bat·ic [uh, -, bat, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of abasia¹

1885–90; < New Latin, equivalent to Greek a- a- ⁶ + bat-, verbid of baínein to walk + -ia -ia

Example Sentences

In another of Briand's cases torticollis alternated with astasia-abasia, a sort of "mental paraplegia."

From Project Gutenberg

They are really a loss of confidence in one's power to do things and a passing astasia-abasia.

From Project Gutenberg