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Definition of: spastic
(spas′tik) adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by spasms; spasmodic; tetanic: spastic hemiplegia.
—noun A person afflicted with spastic seizures. [<L spasticus <Gk. spastikos <spaein draw, pull]
—spas′ti·cal·ly adverb
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