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spasticity

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The state, quality or property of being spastic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of moving or acting in spasms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fitfulness, jerkiness

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English spastic Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English spasticity From spastic + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: espasticitat — state, quality or property
  • Chinese Mandarin: 痙攣 /痉挛 (jìngluán) — state, quality or property
  • Dutch: spasticiteit — state, quality or property
  • Finnish: spastisuus — state, quality or property
  • French: spasticité — state, quality or property
  • German: Spastizität — state, quality or property
  • Indonesian: spastisitas — state, quality or property
  • Italian: spasticità — state, quality or property
  • Japanese: 痙縮 (keishuku) — state, quality or property
  • Polish: spastyczność — state, quality or property
  • Portuguese: espasticidade — state, quality or property
  • Russian: спастичность (spastičnostʹ) — state, quality or property
  • Spanish: espasticidad — state, quality or property
  • Swedish: spasticitet — state, quality or property
  • Turkish: spastisite — state, quality or property
  • Ukrainian: спастичність (spastyčnistʹ) — state, quality or property