Ataxia

[Gr. a, priv., and taxis, order.] ( Med.) A term used to denote the state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers, and the nervous condition. - Dun glison. Atax'ic, a Having the characteristics of ataxia. Atba'ra, a territory and river of Nubia; the former sometimes called the island of Meroe. Its surface is rocky and for the most part barren. The river A. joins the Nile, and has a length of about 270 m. It is the As tabor as of Plato and Strabo. Atchafalay'a Bayou, in Louisiana , an outlet of Red river, at the N. extremity of Pointe Coupée parish. It flows a S. course, and enters the bay of the same name in the Gulf of Mexico. Its length is about 250 m. and is navigable for steamboats.