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abasia

/əˈbeɪ.ʒə/

abasia noun: an inability to walk due to a defect in muscular coordination.

Noun

abasia (usually uncountable, plural abasias)

  1. (usually) An inability to walk due to a defect in muscular coordination.
    • The patient is able to move her legs while lying down but has abasia when she stands up.

abasia meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

abasia in Tamil

நடக்க இயலாமை

abasia in Kannada

ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಗೆಡಿಕೆ, ನಡೆಗೊರೆ, ನಡೆಯದಿಕೆ

abasia in Indonesian

incapacity to walk
abasia

Forms of abasia

pluralabasias

Origin of abasia

From New Latin a- (“without”) + Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “step”) + New Latin -ia (“pathological condition”).

Words formed from abasia

Questions about abasia

What does abasia mean?
Abasia means an inability to walk due to a defect in muscular coordination.
What is abasia in Tamil?
Abasia in Tamil is நடக்க இயலாமை. See Abasia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is abasia?
Abasia is a noun.
How do you pronounce abasia?
Abasia is pronounced /əˈbeɪ.ʒə/.
What is the plural of abasia?
The plural of abasia is abasias.

Words near abasia in the dictionary

  1. abashlessly
  2. abashment
  3. abashments
  4. abasht
  5. abasi
  6. abasia
  7. abasia-astasia
  8. abasias
  9. abasic
  10. abasically
  11. abasing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abasia (page history and authors); abasia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abasia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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