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spastic - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'spastic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Spastic [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining to tonic spasm; tetanic.

Meaning of 'spastic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . spastic [ a]
Meaning (1):
- relating to or characterized by spasm
Example in sentence:
  • a spastic colon;
  • spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy
2 . spastic [ s]
Meaning (2):
- suffering from spastic paralysis
Example in sentence:
  • a spastic child
Meaning (3):
- affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
Example in sentence:
  • convulsive motions;
  • his body made a spasmodic jerk;
  • spastic movements

Nearby Words:

spa spaad space spaced spaceful spacelate spaceless spacial spacially spacious

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