Dysergia

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A neurological condition marked by impaired coordination and difficulty executing purposeful muscular movements
2. The inability to coordinate muscles properly, resulting in clumsy or awkward physical actions and movements
3. A disorder characterized by poor muscular coordination and problems with the execution of intended bodily motions

Etymology: "Dysergia" is a medical term built from Ancient Greek parts: "dys-", meaning "bad" or "faulty" or "difficult", and "ergon", meaning "work" or "action", with the suffix "-ia" turning the whole into a noun for a condition. Put together, the name points to a disorder in which the body's ability to carry out work or coordinated movement is impaired. The word is a modern coinage rather than an ancient one. Its pieces are classical, but the combination was assembled to name a clinical condition, so the ancient Greeks would not have recognised it as a term. Its meaning follows directly from its parts, and that transparency is typical of scientific vocabulary built from Greek roots.