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How to pronounce spastic in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms convulsive, spasmodic
Derivation spasticity


spastic movements.
Type Words
Type of paralytic
Type Words
Derivation spastic paralysis, spasticity


a spastic child.
Type Words
Derivation spastic paralysis, spasticity


a spastic colon.
spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy.

Examples of spastic

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His legs were turned inward, a condition known technically as spastic diplegia.
From the kentucky.com
Instead, Christian is a spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy, lawyers say.
From the suntimes.com
Yet now, in their gibbering, spastic arrogance, they think to command the weather.
From the infowars.com
The intelligence of a person with spastic diplegia is unaffected by the condition.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As many as every fifth westerner suffers from this pain, also called spastic colon.
From the sciencedaily.com
Mutations in this gene cause the most common form of hereditary spastic paraplegia.
From the sciencedaily.com
My semi-spastic best friend was on bed rest for six months and almost lost her mind.
From the latimes.com
Hi,I am a physical therapist and one of my patients has spastic tetraplegia.
From the newscientist.com
Blackburn, 36 has degenerative spastic diplegia, a type of cerebral palsy.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Relating to or characterized by spasm; "a spastic colon"; "spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy"
  • Convulsive: affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements"
  • (spasticity) the quality of moving or acting in spasms
  • The word spastic is used differently depending on location which has led to some controversy and misunderstanding. ...
  • Spasticity is a feature of altered skeletal muscle performance, occurring in disorders of the central nervous system (CNS) which give rise to the Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome. ...
  • (Spastics) Cerebral palsy (CP) is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement.
  • (spastically) In a spastic way; accompanied by spasms
  • (Spasticity) Muscle spasms causing stiff and awkward movements
  • (Spasticity) An involuntary increase in muscle tone (tension) that occurs following injury to the brain or spinal cord, causing the muscles to resist being moved. Characteristics may include increase in deep tendon reflexes, resistance to passive stretch, clasp knife phenomenon, and clonus.