What is the meaning of spastic?

noun

  • A person suffering from spastic paralysis.

adjective

  • Relating to or characterized by spasm.
    • usage: "a spastic colon"; "spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy"
  • Suffering from spastic paralysis.
    • usage: "a spastic child"
  • Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm.
    • usage: "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements"
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