spastic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person suffering from spastic paralysis
  2. adjective relating to or characterized by spasm
    • a spastic colon
    • spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy
  3. adjective satellite suffering from spastic paralysis
    • a spastic child
  4. adjective satellite affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
    convulsive; spasmodic.
    • convulsive motions
    • his body made a spasmodic jerk
    • spastic movements

WordNet

Spas"tic adjective
Etymology
L. spasticus, Gr. , fr. to draw: cf. F. spastique. See Spasm.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining to tonic spasm; tetanic.

Webster 1913