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Spastic meaning
Of, relating to, or affected by spasm. | Of or relating to spastic paralysis. | Incompetent or physically uncoordinated.
Example sentences (20)
People with cerebral palsy have an increased risk of epilepsy, with half of people with spastic quadriplegia and spastic hemiplegia having the disease. citation Mechanism Normally brain electrical activity is non-synchronous.
As the embryos grow, the pouch begins to stretch and when they are ready, the dad will give birth – a series of contractions and spastic movements with labour lasting as long as a few hours or many days.
The Linda I’s owner, Spastic Oceanway, is listed in the Equasis public shipping database as care of Chanocean Management.
At 16 he was diagnosed with hereditary spastic paraplegia, a rare genetic mutation, and now uses a wheelchair.
Abundant life for our children is one where they are free of seizures, spastic muscles, autism, social isolation and language barriers.
Quick question: is the corporate left any different than the corporate right, besides spastic displays of wokeness?
Botulinum toxins, though among the most poisonous biological substances, have proved useful in treating an array of medical conditions, including migraines and spastic movement disorders, by causing muscle paralysis.
Many Davis students have had near-death experiences with a spastic biker pushing the 15 mph speed limits.
Mining her disability for every waggish advantage she can get, Jones’ persona is like a spoilt, indulged child, teasing the audience’s sensitivities, daring them to call her “spastic”, yet always emerging triumphant.
Also, it's shown to cause spastic hiccups, much like alcohol.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Roots, tubers, plantains and bananas in human nutrition, Rome, 1990, Ch. 7 "Toxic substances and antinutritional factors" (under "Epidemic spastic paraparesis").
In any form of spastic CP, clonus of the affected limb(s) may sometimes result, as well as muscle spasms resulting from the pain and/or stress of the tightness experienced.
Medication Botulinum toxin injections are given into muscles that are spastic or sometimes dystonic, the aim being to reduce the muscle hypertonus that can be painful.
Milder mutations of the PLP1 gene that mainly cause leg weakness and spasticity, with little or no cerebral involvement, are classified as spastic paraplegia 2 (SPG2).
Mixed Mixed cerebral palsy has symptoms of athetoid, ataxic and spastic CP appearing simultaneously, each to varying degrees, and both with and without symptoms of each.
One-third of people with transverse myelitis experience full recovery, one-third experience fair recovery but have significant deficits such as spastic gait.
The spastic diplegia form of CP came to be known as Little's disease.
The word "spastic" has since been used extensively as a general insult to disabled people, which some see as extremely offensive.
This is a secondary complication caused by the spastic muscles generating abnormal forces on the bones, and often results in intoeing ( pigeon-toed gait).
This took the forms of robotic or spastic dancing, jittery high-pitched vocals, and clothing fashions such as suits and big glasses that hid the body.