"spastic" in the noun sense
1. spastic
a person suffering from spastic paralysis
"spastic" in the adjective sense
1. spastic
relating to or characterized by spasm
"a spastic colon"
"spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy"
2. spastic
suffering from spastic paralysis
"a spastic child"
3. convulsive, spasmodic, spastic
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions resembling a spasm
"convulsive motions"
"his body made a spasmodic jerk"
"spastic movements"
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