About The Word Spastic
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Spastic
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What's The Definition Of Spastic?
[n] a person suffering from spastic paralysis
[adj] affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements" [adj] suffering from spastic paralysis; "a spastic child" [adj] relating to or characterized by spasm; "a spastic colon"; "spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy" Synonyms | Synonyms for Spastic: convulsive | ill | sick | spasmodic | unsteady Related Terms | Find terms related to Spastic: See Also | paralytic Spastic In Webster's Dictionary \Spas"tic\, a. [L. spasticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to draw: cf.
F. spastique. See {Spasm}.] (Med.)
Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining
to tonic spasm; tetanic.
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