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Spastic Common

Spastic has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a person suffering from spastic paralysis

2

A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.

Adjective
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"

4

Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.

Example Sentences
"a spastic colon" adjective
"spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy" adjective
"a spastic child" adjective
"convulsive motions" adjective
"his body made a spasmodic jerk" adjective
"spastic movements" adjective
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
paralytic
Rhyming Words
tic otic etic ictic mutic lotic attic ontic istic vatic octic latic metic artic ustic matic votic retic optic nitic
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