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spasticity|spæˈstɪsɪtɪ|
[f. spastic a. + -ity.]
Spastic condition or quality.
1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) I. 293 Its wandering or universal spasticity. Ibid. IV. 435 A spasticity or want of pliancy in the muscular fibres of the heart. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 58 Complete paraplegia, with or without spasticity or contracture. 1964Proc. R. Soc. Med. LVII. 715/2 Spasticity is said to be present when a paretic limb involuntarily resists passive displacement, particularly in one direction of movement. Anti-gravity muscles are often affected, but spasticity is by no means restricted to these muscles. 1974Times 23 Jan. 9/7 Spasticity is the end result of pathological changes which disturb the physiology of the central nervous system. |