SINCE 1828
staggers
noun plural
stag·gers
| \ ˈstag-ərz
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Medical Definition of staggers
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singular or plural in construction
: any of various abnormal conditions of domestic mammals and birds associated with damage to the central nervous system and marked by incoordination and a reeling unsteady gait — see blind staggers — compare grass tetany
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