n. Total or partial loss of the ability to perform coordinated movements or manipulate objects in the absence of motor or sensory impairment; specifically, a disorder of motor planning.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. inability to make purposeful movements, but without paralysis or loss of sensory function.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In pathology, loss of the knowledge of the uses of things.
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n. inability to make purposeful movements
Word Usage
"We took him to the doctors, the developmental pediatricians, and they said oh, he has something called apraxia, which is a fancy label for a speech delay."