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spastic


  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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