| spastic | (n) a person suffering from spastic paralysis |
| spastic | (adj) relating to or characterized by spasm |
| spastic | (adj) suffering from spastic paralysis |
| spastic abasia | (n) abasia due to spastic contractions of the leg muscles |
| spastic bladder | (n) a urinary bladder disorder resulting from spinal cord lesion or multiple sclerosis or trauma; absence of bladder sensation and incontinence and interrupted voiding of urine |
| spasticity | (n) the quality of moving or acting in spasms |
| cerebral palsy | (n) a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth, Syn. spastic paralysis |
| convulsive | (adj) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm, Syn. spastic, spasmodic |
| irritable bowel syndrome | (n) recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress, Syn. spastic colon, mucous colitis |
| Antispastic | a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Antispast. ] (Med.) (a) Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another. [ Obs. ] (b) Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic. -- n. An antispastic agent. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Epispastic | a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to draw to, attract; &unr_; to + &unr_; to draw: cf. F. épispastique. ] (Med.) Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Epispastic | n. (Med.) An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Spastic | a. [ L. spasticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to draw: cf. F. spastique. See Spasm. ] (Med.) Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining to tonic spasm; tetanic. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Spastically | adv. Spasmodically. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Spasticity | n. 1. A state of spasm. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The tendency to, or capability of suffering, spasm. [ 1913 Webster ] |
