| Pronunciation: | | 'spastik
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- [n] a person suffering from spastic paralysis
- [adj] affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements"
- [adj] suffering from spastic paralysis; "a spastic child"
- [adj] relating to or characterized by spasm; "a spastic colon"; "spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy"
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SPASTIC is a 7 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | convulsive, ill, sick, spasmodic, unsteady |
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| | See Also: | | paralytic |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Characterized by spasms. |
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