Plural noun referring to people who have ataxia; individuals suffering from loss of muscular coordination.
From ataxic (adjective) plus -s (plural suffix). Used in medical and therapeutic contexts to discuss groups of patients with coordination disorders.
The medical community's need for a term like this reflects how common coordination disorders are—enough that doctors needed a simple word to talk about all the different people whose nervous systems struggle with order.
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