spastic
spastic
Definition
spas·tic (spas′tik)
adjective
- of, characterized by, affected with, or produced by a spasm spastic colon
- afflicted with or involving spastic paralysis
Etymology: L spasticus < Gr spastikos, drawing, pulling < span: see spasm
noun
a person with spastic paralysis
spas′·ti·cally adverb
spas·tic′·ity (-tis′ə tē) noun
spastic
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- call: Cameron has said that he does not want his child to be called a spastic for example.
Modifies a noun
- diplegia: The commonest scenario is the child who has difficulty moving his legs due to spastic diplegia who has lower visual field impairment.
- paraplegia: Baldwin, who suffers from spastic paraplegia and needs crutches to walk, did not have to pay any more.
- quadriplegia: Unfortunately, his brain was starved of oxygen and he was left severely brain damaged, with spastic quadriplegia.
- paraparesis: HTLV-1 positive individuals also have a 20 % lifetime risk of developing tropical spastic paraparesis.
- colon: Other names for IBS Some old-fashioned names for IBS are still in use: irritable colon spastic colon mucous colitis.
- palsy: There are three main types: Spastic cerebral palsy refers to increased muscle tone or hypertonia.
Browse dictionary entries near spastic
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