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Disorder; irregularity.

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  1. n. Disorder; irregularity.
  2. n. Irregularity in disease, or in the functions.
  3. n. The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition.
  4. n. inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
  5. 1. Disorder; irregularity. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. 2. (Med.) (a) Irregularity in disease, or in the functions. (b) The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition. Locomotor ataxia. See Locomotor.
  6. n inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait