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Spastic

noun
1.
A person suffering from spastic paralysis.
adjective
1.
Relating to or characterized by spasm.  "Spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy"
2.
Suffering from spastic paralysis.
3.
Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm.  Synonyms: convulsive, spasmodic.  "His body made a spasmodic jerk" , "Spastic movements"



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... it may be found necessary to divide the hamstring tendons to rectify spastic contraction of the muscles; but this can generally be done quite ...
— A Manual of the Operations of Surgery - For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners • Joseph Bell


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