Spastic (word)
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Spastic (word)
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In medicine, the adjective spastic refers to an alteration in muscle tone affected by the medical condition spasticity, which is a well-known symptomatic phenomenon seen in patients with a wide range of central neurological disorders, including spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, stroke, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and multiple sclerosis (MS), as well as conditions such as "spastic colon." The word is derived via Latin from the Greek spastikos. Colloquially, the noun spastic, originally
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2003-05-23T10:19:21Z
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2024-08-29T10:04:11Z
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