spastic

¹spas·tic

adjective \ˈspas-tik\

Definition of SPASTIC

1

a : of, relating to, characterized by, or affected with or as if with spasm <a spastic patient>

b : characterized by hypertonic muscles <spastic cerebral palsy>

2

: spasmodic 2 <a spastic influx of data>

— spas·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Examples of SPASTIC

1. <even after the formal surrender, spastic violence erupted in scattered quarters of the city>

Origin of SPASTIC

Latin spasticus, from Greek spastikos drawing in, from span

First Known Use: 1753

Related to SPASTIC

Synonyms

aperiodic, casual, catchy, choppy, discontinuous, episodic (also episodical), erratic, intermittent, irregular, occasional, spasmodic, fitful, sporadic, spotty, unsteady

Antonyms

constant, continuous, habitual, periodic, regular, repeated, steady

Related Words

convulsive, sudden, violent; broken, disconnected, fragmentary, interrupted; aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, hit-and-miss, hit-or-miss, odd, random, scattered, slapdash, stray; capricious, changeful, changing, flickery, fluctuating, fluid, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, varying, wavering; changeable, fickle, variable, volatile

Near Antonyms

changeless, equable, even, stable, stationary, uniform; unchanging, unvarying, unwavering; methodical (also methodic), orderly, systematic; unrelenting, unremitting

Rhymes with SPASTIC

drastic, mastic, nastic, plastic

²spastic

noun

Definition of SPASTIC

: one suffering from spastic paralysis

First Known Use of SPASTIC

1896

Other Medicine Terms

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