Plural of abasia; multiple cases or types of the condition where walking ability is lost due to neurological rather than physical causes.
Standard medical plural of 'abasia,' formed by changing the final 'a' to 'as.' The word follows Greek conventions for medical terminology pluralization.
In medical literature, doctors found so many different forms of walking disorders that they needed the plural—some people have psychogenic abasia (caused by psychological stress), while others have neurogenic abasia (brain-based). Each case tells a different story about how the nervous system works.
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