Spasticity (redirected from inherited progressive spasticity)

spas·tic  (spstk)

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.

n.

A person affected with spastic paralysis.

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

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spasti·cal·ly adv.

spas·tici·ty (sp-sts-t) n.

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Noun

1.

spasticity - the quality of moving or acting in spasms fitfulness, jerkiness - the quality of being spasmodic and irregular