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Spastic vs Nonspastic - What's the difference?

spastic | nonspastic |

As adjectives the difference between spastic and nonspastic

is that spastic is (pathology) of, relating to, or affected by spasm while nonspastic is not spastic.

As a noun spastic

is a person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.

spastic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (pathology) Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
  • (pathology) Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
  • (slang, pejorative) Clumsy.
  • (slang, pejorative) Hyperactive, excited, and acting in a random manner.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
  • (slang, offensive) A stupid, clumsy person.
  • * I'm Alan Partridge'' (TV series), ''To Kill a Mocking Alan
    • Jed Maxwell: See you next week then. We'll have that pint.
    Alan Partridge: Yep.
    Jed Maxwell: ...go and see my brother.
    Alan Partridge: No way, you big spastic ! You're a mentalist!

    Derived terms

    * spack * spacker * spaz, spazz

    Usage notes

    The word is perceived as relatively inoffensive in the United States, but extremely offensive in the United Kingdom.

    References

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    nonspastic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not spastic.
  • * 1998 , Patricia Howlin, Behavioural approaches to problems in childhood
    • Movement problems are divided into two main groups, the spastic types and the nonspastic types.