spasticity

noun

spas·​tic·​i·​ty spa-ˈsti-sə-tē How to pronounce spasticity (audio)
: a spastic state or condition
especially : muscular hypertonicity with increased tendon reflexes

Examples of spasticity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hwang has been receiving Botox injections every three months to relieve her muscle spasticity and reduce her risk of falling ever since. Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024 Doctors could recommend medical marijuana for about 15 symptoms and conditions, including chronic pain; seizures; depression; weight loss and nausea from cancer and HIV; Crohn’s disease; Parkinson’s; sickle cell anemia; PTSD; muscle spasticity from certain diseases; and other conditions. Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 15 Apr. 2021 Doctors who take a training course and pass a test to receive certification will be able to recommend medical cannabis for patients for nausea and weight loss related to cancer, chronic pain, epilepsy or conditions causing seizures, muscle spasticity caused by disease, and other conditions. Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 12 Aug. 2021 The compassionate use program, established in 2015, allows certain physicians to prescribe medical use low-THC products to patients with seizure disorders, multiple sclerosis, spasticity, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, autism, terminal cancer and incurable neurodegenerative diseases. Dallas News, 26 Oct. 2022 Alabamians who, by a doctor’s orders, get a medical marijuana card will be able to use tablets, capsules, gel cubes and other forms of medical cannabis products to treat more than a dozen conditions and symptoms such as chronic pain, depression, seizures, muscle spasticity, and terminal illnesses. Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 1 July 2021 By law, this program is limited to Texans with epilepsy, seizure disorders, multiple sclerosis, spasticity, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, autism, terminal cancer and incurable neurodegenerative diseases. Dallas News, 17 May 2022 Unfortunately, there is no cure for spasticity. Sara Lindberg, SELF, 10 Feb. 2022 Researchers were then able to determine that patients who received the injections to address facial wrinkles, excessive sweating, migraine, spasms, and spasticity reported depression 40% to 88% less often then the folks who underwent treatment other than Botox for the exact same conditions. Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 16 Mar. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1827, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spasticity was circa 1827

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“Spasticity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spasticity. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

spasticity

noun
spas·​ti·​ci·​ty spa-ˈstis-ət-ē How to pronounce spasticity (audio)
plural spasticities
: a spastic state or condition
especially : muscular hypertonicity with increased tendon reflexes
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