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spastic

6 definitions • 3 examples
1
If a muscle or muscle movement is spastic, it is very tight, or becomes tight in a way that cannot be controlled:

Examples:

The patient's muscles become spastic, and the spasms may be severe.
In patients with asthma, spastic contraction of the smooth muscle in the bronchioles causes extreme difficulties when breathing.
2
If a medical condition is described as spastic, people with this condition have muscles that become tight in a way that cannot be controlled:

Examples:

He was born with a condition known as spastic paraplegia.
3
an extremely offensive word to describe someone who behaves or moves in a strange or uncontrolled way
4
a word, which was used by doctors in the past but which is now extremely offensive, used to describe a person who has cerebral palsy (= a condition of the body that makes it difficult to control the muscles), or to describe things related to or typical of the condition
5
a word for a person who has cerebral palsy (= a condition of the body that makes it difficult to control the muscles), which was used by doctors in the past but is now extremely offensive
6
an extremely offensive word for a stupid person, or a person who behaves or moves in a strange or uncontrolled way

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