spastic

ADJ ซึ่ง เกิด กระตุก  ซึ่ง หด เกร็ง  convulsive jerky spasmodic sueng-koed-kra-tuk

SPASTIC

Spas "tic, a. Etym: [L. spasticus, Gr. spastique. See Spasm. ] (Med. )

SPASTICALLY

SPASTICALLY Spas "tic *al *ly, adv.

SPASTICITY

SPASTICITY Spas *tic "i *ty, n.

spastic

spas tic |ˈspastik ˈspæstɪk | ▶adjective relating to or affected by muscle spasm. • relating to or denoting a form of muscular weakness (spastic paralysis ) typical of cerebral palsy, caused by damage to the brain or spinal cord and involving reflex resistance to passive movement of the limbs and difficulty in initiating and controlling muscular movement. • (of a person ) affected with cerebral palsy. • informal, offensive incompetent or uncoordinated. ▶noun a person with cerebral palsy. • informal, offensive an incompetent or uncoordinated person. DERIVATIVES spas ti cal ly adverb, spas tic i ty |spaˈstisitē |noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: via Latin from Greek spastikos ‘pulling, ’ from span ‘pull. ’ usage: Spastic has been used in medical senses since the 18th century and is still a neutral term for conditions like spastic colon or spastic paraplegia. In the 1970s and 1980s, spastic, usually used as a noun, became a term of abuse and was directed toward anyone regarded as incompetent or physically uncoordinated. Nowadays, this latter use of spastic, whether as a noun or as an adjective, is likely to cause offense, and it is preferable to use phrasing such as person with cerebral palsy instead of the noun spastic .

spastic

spas |tic |ˈspastɪk | ▶adjective 1 relating to or affected by muscle spasm. • relating to or denoting a form of muscular weakness (spastic paralysis ) typical of cerebral palsy, caused by damage to the brain or spinal cord and involving reflex resistance to passive movement of the limbs and difficulty in initiating and controlling muscular movement. • (of a person ) having cerebral palsy. 2 informal, offensive incompetent or uncoordinated. ▶noun 1 a person with cerebral palsy. 2 informal, offensive an incompetent or uncoordinated person. DERIVATIVES spastically adverb, spasticity noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: via Latin from Greek spastikos ‘pulling ’, from span ‘pull ’. usage: The word spastic has been used in medical senses since the 18th century. In the 1970s and 1980s it became a term of abuse, used mainly by schoolchildren, directed towards any person regarded as incompetent or physically uncoordinated. Nowadays, the use of the word spastic, whether as a noun or as an adjective, is likely to cause offence, and it is preferable to use phrasing such as a person with cerebral palsy instead.

spastic

spas tic /spǽstɪk /形容詞 1 ｟俗 小児 ｠愚かな, ばかな ; 未熟な, へたな .2 ｟古 ｠〘医 〙けいれん性の, 脳性麻痺 （まひ ）の (!「脳性麻痺 」の意味では現在は侮辱的で, 通例cerebral palsyを用いる ) .名詞 C 1 ｟俗 小児 ｠愚か者, とんま ; 未熟者, へたくそ .2 〘医 〙脳性麻痺患者 .