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spastic

DEFINITIONS OF: spastic

1

adj relating to or characterized by spasm

“a spastic colon”
“spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy”

adj affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm

“spastic movements”
Synonyms:
convulsive, spasmodic
unsteady
subject to change or variation

adj suffering from spastic paralysis

“a spastic child”
Synonyms
ill, sick
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

n a person suffering from spastic paralysis

Type of:
paralytic
a person suffering from paralysis
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