spas·tic (spăs'tĭk)
adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characterized by spasms: a spastic colon; a spastic form of cerebral palsy.
2. Affected by spastic paralysis.
3. Offensive Slang. Clumsy or inept.

n.
A person affected with spastic paralysis.

[Latin spasticus, from Greek spastikos, from spān, to pull.]

spastically spas'ti·cal·ly adv.
spasticity spas·tic'i·ty (spă-stĭs'ĭ-tē) n.

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