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spasticity Definition


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spastic
noun
    1. Someone who suffers from cerebral palsy.
    2. offensive, slang
      Someone who is thought of as being extremely clumsy, useless or stupid. Often shortened to spaz or spazzy.
adj
    1a. Affected by or suffering from cerebal palsy;
    1b. Relating to, affected by, etc a spasm or spasms.
    2. offensive, slang
      Weak, clumsy, useless, stupid.
Derivative: spastically
adverb
    Derivative: spasticity
    noun
      Etymology: 18c: from Latin spasticus, from Greek spasmos a spasm.



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