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Spastic

Spastic Meaning & Definition
Spastic Definition And Meaning

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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