| ADJECTIVE | pert | spastic | relating to or characterized by spasm |
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| all | spastic | suffering from spastic paralysis | |
| all | spastic, convulsive, spasmodic | affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions | |
| NOUN | person | spastic | a person suffering from spastic paralysis |
| Meaning | relating to or characterized by spasm. | |
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| Spanish | espástico | |
| Nouns | spasm | a painful and involuntary muscular contraction |
| spastic paralysis | a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth / birth | |
| spasticity | the quality of moving or acting in spasms | |
| Meaning | Suffering from spastic paralysis. | |
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| Example | "a spastic child" | |
| Broader | ill, sick | Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function |
| Spanish | espástico | |
| Nouns | spastic paralysis | a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth / birth |
| spasticity | the quality of moving or acting in spasms | |
| Meaning | affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm. | |
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| Example | "spastic movements" | |
| Synonyms | convulsive, spasmodic | |
| Broader | unsteady | subject to change or variation |
| Spanish | convulsivo, espasmódico, espástico | |
| Nouns | spasticity | the quality of moving or acting in spasms |
| Meaning | A person suffering from spastic paralysis. | |
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| Broader | paralytic | A person suffering from paralysis |
| Spanish | espástico | |
| Catalan | espàstic | |
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