spastic (adj.)

  1. relating to or characterized by spasm; a spastic colon; spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy'

    spastic (n.)

  1. a person suffering from spastic paralysis

    spastic (adj.)

  1. suffering from spastic paralysis; a spastic child'

  2. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; convulsive motions; his body made a spasmodic jerk; spastic movements

    [ Syn: convulsive , spasmodic ]

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