a. [mod. f. next; cf. F. ataxique, and see -IC. Not on Gr. analogies.] Characterized by ataxy, esp. in Path. by disturbance of the natural animal functions; irregular. Ataxic fever: malignant typhus fever.
1853. in Mayne, Exp. Lex.
1877. Erichsen, Surg. (ed. 7), 295. An ataxic state of the muscles.
1880. M. Drysdale, in Med. Temp. Jrnl., Oct., 7. Ataxic or adynamic symptoms are frequently seen.
