Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: convulsive, ill, sick, spasmodic, unsteady

See Also: paralytic

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