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Definition of Spastics

Spastic
Spastic Spas"tic, a. [L. spasticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to draw: cf. F. spastique. See Spasm.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining to tonic spasm; tetanic.

Meaning of Spastics from wikipedia

- disorders, see cerebral palsy Spastic (word), a pejorative used against disabled people Scope (charity), formerly known as The Spastics Society "Spasticus Autisticus"...
- cerebral palsy. The Scottish Council for the Care of Spastics was founded in 1946, and the Spastics Society, an English charity for people with cerebral...
- Spasticity (from Gr**** spasmos- 'drawing, pulling') is a feature of altered skeletal muscle performance with a combination of paralysis, increased tendon...
- merged with the British Council for the Welfare of Spastics to become The Spastics Society. The Spastics Society provided sheltered workshops and day centres...
- Spastics Society of India has since changed names and is currently called ADAPT (Able Disable All People Together). Many of the state level spastics societies...
- organization called itself The Spastics Society. However, the charity changed its name to Scope in 1994 due to the term spastics having become enough of a...
- Spastic hemiplegia is a neuromuscular condition of spasticity that results in the muscles on one side of the body being in a constant state of contraction...
- Spastic Ink was a progressive metal band from the United States. Spastic Ink was formed in 1993 by guitarist Ron Jarzombek of Watchtower after recovering...
- Spastic quadriplegia, also known as spastic tetraplegia, is a subset of spastic cerebral palsy that affects all four limbs (both arms and legs). Compared...
- include spastic diplegia, spastic hemiplegia, spastic quadriplegia, and in cases of single limb involvement, spastic monoplegia. Spastic cerebral palsy affects...