2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spastic \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
spastic
adj 1: relating to or characterized by spasm; "a spastic colon";
"spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral
palsy"
2: suffering from spastic paralysis; "a spastic child"
3: affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions;
resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a
spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements" [syn: {convulsive}, {spasmodic}]
n : a person suffering from spastic paralysis
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