spastic
pronunciation
How to pronounce spastic in British English:
UK [ˈspæstɪk]
How to pronounce spastic in American English:
US [ˈspæstɪk]
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- Noun:
- a person suffering from spastic paralysis
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- Adjective:
- relating to or characterized by spasm
- suffering from spastic paralysis
- affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
Word Origin
- spastic (adj.)
- 1753, from Latin spasticus, from Greek spastikos "afflicted with spasms," literally "drawing, pulling, stretching," from span "draw up" (see spasm (n.)). The noun meaning "a person affected with spastic paralysis" is attested from 1896, used insultingly by 1960s. Related: Spastically; spasticity.
Example
- 1. Gait characteristics of spastic diplegia cerebral palsy children .
- 2. My leg gets spastic , can you help me ?
- 3. Objective to evaluate the effect of l-s selective posterior rhizotomy for spastic equinus secondary to cerebral palsy .
- 4. Gene mapping and mutation detection in families with hereditary spastic paraplegia .
- 5. My legs felt weightless and for maybe twenty seconds-who can tell time in this situation-my feet sort of went spastic .