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.
Derivatives:
spastically adv. spasticity n.
Etymology: L spasticus f. Gk spastikos pulling f. spao pull