spasticity

Variant of spastic

spastic definition

spas·tic (spas′tik)

adjective

  1. of, characterized by, affected with, or produced by a spasm spastic colon
  2. afflicted with or involving spastic paralysis

Etymology: L spasticus < Gr spastikos, drawing, pulling < span: see spasm

noun

a person with spastic paralysis

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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