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spas·tic (sp

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characterized by spasms: a spastic colon; a spastic form of cerebral palsy.

2. Affected by spastic paralysis.

3. Offensive Slang Clumsy or inept.

A person affected with spastic paralysis.

[Latin spasticus, from Greek spastikos, from spn, to pull.]

spasti·cal·ly adv.

spas·tici·ty (sp

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) n.

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