See Also: Spastic(medicine)
spastic(dictionary)
spastic(dictionary)
spastic hemiplegia(medicine)
spastic entropion(medicine)
Spastic colon(health)
spastic gait(medicine)
Colitis, spastic(health)
spastic ileus(medicine)
spastic mydriasis(medicine)

spastic (iou)



spastic adjective & noun. M18.
[Latin spasticus from Greek spastikos, from span draw, pull: see -IC.]
A. adjective.
Medicine. Of the nature of a spasm or sudden involuntary contraction; characterized or affected by such symptoms or movements. M18.
Affected with spastic paralysis. Now considered offensive. E20.
Uncoordinated, incompetent; weak, feeble; stupid. slang. offensive. L20.
Special collocations: spastic paralysis a condition in which some muscles undergo tonic spasm and resist passive displacement, esp. due to a disorder of the motor neurones, so that voluntary movement of the part affected is difficult and poorly coordinated.
b. noun.
A person with spastic paralysis, esp. associated with cerebral palsy. Now considered offensive. L19.
A person who is uncoordinated, incompetent, or stupid; a fool. slang. offensive. L20.
spastically adverb M19.
spas'ticity noun the condition or quality of being spastic E19.