SPASTIC


Meaning of SPASTIC in English

adj. & n.

adj. 1 Med. suffering from cerebral palsy with spasm of the muscles. 2 offens. weak, feeble, incompetent. 3 spasmodic.

n. Med. a spastic person. spastically adv. spasticity n.

[ L spasticus f. Gk spastikos pulling f. spao pull ]

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