apraxia

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Pierce has been diagnosed with autism and the neurological disorder apraxia, and will need intensive daily therapy if he's ever to become independent, says his mother.

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  1. noun Total or partial loss of the ability to perform coordinated movements or manipulate objects in the absence of motor or sensory impairment.

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  1. Greek aprāxiā, inaction : a-, without; see a-1 + prāxis, action; see praxis.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἀπραξία, not doing, non-action, from ἀπρακτος, not doing, not to be done, from ἀ- privative + πρακτός, verbal adjective of πράσσειν, do: see practice, praxis.
 

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/æˈpræksiə/
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