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astasia /asta·sia/ (as-ta´zhah) motor incoordination with inability to stand.astat´ic
astasia-aba´sia  inability to stand or walk although the legs are otherwise under control.

a·sta·sia (-stzh)
n.
The inability to stand due to muscular incoordination.

astasia
[astā′zhə]
Etymology: Gk, a, stasis, not stand, a, basis, not step
a lack of motor coordination marked by an inability to stand or sit without assistance.

astasia [as-ta´zhah]
motor incoordination with inability to stand. adj., adj astat´ic.
astasia-aba´sia motor incoordination with an inability to stand or walk despite normal ability to move the legs when sitting or lying down, a form of hysterical ataxia.

astasia
motor incoordination with inability to stand.

astasia-abasia
inability or refusal to stand or walk although the legs are otherwise under control.


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