SPASTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spastic mean? 

• SPASTIC (noun)
  The noun SPASTIC has 1 sense:

1. a person suffering from spastic paralysis

  Familiarity information: SPASTIC used as a noun is very rare.

• SPASTIC (adjective)
  The adjective SPASTIC has 3 senses:

1. relating to or characterized by spasm

2. suffering from spastic paralysis

3. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm

  Familiarity information: SPASTIC used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPASTIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person suffering from spastic paralysis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("spastic" is a kind of...):

paralytic (a person suffering from paralysis)

• SPASTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characterized by spasm

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy

Pertainym:

spasm (a painful and involuntary muscular contraction)

Derivation:

spastic paralysis (a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth)

spasticity (the quality of moving or acting in spasms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Suffering from spastic paralysis

Context example:

a spastic child

Similar:

ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)

Derivation:

spastic paralysis (a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth)

spasticity (the quality of moving or acting in spasms)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm

Synonyms:

convulsive; spasmodic; spastic

Context example:

spastic movements

Similar:

unsteady (subject to change or variation)

Derivation:

spasticity (the quality of moving or acting in spasms)

 Context examples 

Also called IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, irritable colon, and spastic colon.

(Mucus colitis, NCI Dictionary)

Mutations in the gene are associated with autosomal dominant spastic paraplegia 6.

(NIPA1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called IBS, irritable colon, mucus colitis, and spastic colon.

(Irritable Bowel Syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

Mutations in this gene are associated with autosomal dominant spastic paraplegia 8.

(KIAA0196 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with spastic paraplegia 13 and leukodystrophy hypomyelinating type 4.

(HSPD1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The four major subtypes are spastic, athetoid, ataxic, and mixed cerebral palsy, with spastic forms being the most common.

(Cerebral Palsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Human T-lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1) is associated with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP).

(HTLV-1, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called irritable bowel syndrome, irritable colon, mucus colitis, and spastic colon.

(IBS, NCI Dictionary)

The clinical course follows a progression to growth retardation, spastic paraplegia and optic atrophy with eventual vision loss.

(Laurence-Moon Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, mucus colitis, and spastic colon.

(Irritable colon, NCI Dictionary)