spastic
English Thesaurus
1. a person suffering from spastic paralysis (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | paralytic, |
| definition | : | a person suffering from paralysis (noun.person) |
2. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm (adj.all)
| similar | : | unsteady, |
| definition | : | subject to change or variation (adj.all) |
3. suffering from spastic paralysis (adj.all)
| similar | : | ill, sick, |
| definition | : | affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function (adj.all) |
4. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm (adj.all)
| derivation | : | spasticity, |
| definition | : | the quality of moving or acting in spasms (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | convulse, |
| definition | : | contract involuntarily, as in a spasm (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | convulse, |
| definition | : | cause to contract (verb.contact) |
5. suffering from spastic paralysis (adj.all)
| derivation | : | spasticity, |
| definition | : | the quality of moving or acting in spasms (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | cerebral palsy, spastic paralysis, |
| definition | : | a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth (noun.state) |
6. relating to or characterized by spasm (adj.pert)
| derivation | : | spasticity, |
| definition | : | the quality of moving or acting in spasms (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | cerebral palsy, spastic paralysis, |
| definition | : | a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth (noun.state) |
7. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm (adj.all)
| derivation | : | spasticity, |
| definition | : | the quality of moving or acting in spasms (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | convulse, |
| definition | : | contract involuntarily, as in a spasm (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | convulse, |
| definition | : | cause to contract (verb.contact) |
8. suffering from spastic paralysis (adj.all)
| derivation | : | spasticity, |
| definition | : | the quality of moving or acting in spasms (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | cerebral palsy, spastic paralysis, |
| definition | : | a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth (noun.state) |
9. relating to or characterized by spasm (adj.pert)
| derivation | : | spasticity, |
| definition | : | the quality of moving or acting in spasms (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | cerebral palsy, spastic paralysis, |
| definition | : | a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth (noun.state) |
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