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spastic (iou) and Stilwell, Joseph W(arren) (sh)


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.

Stilwell, Joseph W(arren) (sh)




born March 19, 1883, Palatka, Fla., U.S.
died Oct. 12, 1946, San Francisco, Calif.

U.S. army officer.

He graduated from West Point and served in World War I. He studied Chinese and served in Tianjin (1926-29) and as a military attache in Beijing (1935-39). At the outbreak of World War II, he became chief of staff to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek and commanded Chinese armies in Burma (1939-42). He became commander of U.S. forces in China, Burma, and India and oversaw construction of the Ledo, or Stilwell, Road, a strategic military link with the Burma Road. Promoted to General (1944), he commanded the U.S. 10th Army in the Pacific (1945-46).