Dictionary:
spas·tic (spàs¹tîk) adjective
1. Of, relating to, or characterized by spasms: a spastic colon; a spastic
form of cerebral palsy.
2. Affected by spastic paralysis.
noun
A person affected with spastic paralysis.
[Latin spasticus, from Greek spastikos, from span, to pull.]
— spas¹ti·cal·ly adverb
— spas·tic¹i·ty (spà-stîs¹î-tê) noun
Thesaurus:
nervous disorders, nervous breakdown
brain tumor
brain hemorrhage, cerebral haemorrhage, stroke, seizure
hemiplegia, diplegia, paraplegia
general paralysis, atrophy, INSENSIBILITY
partial paralysis, paresis
palsy, cerebral palsy, CP, spasticity
involuntary movements, tremor, tic, SPASM
petit mal, grand mal, epilepsy, falling sickness
infantile paralysis, poliomyelitis, polio
spina bifida
Parkinson's disease
Huntington's chorea, St. Vitus's dance
multiple sclerosis, MS
muscular dystrophy
myasthenia gravis
motor neuron disease
Warm Regards
Leo
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From: JHarper33(AT)aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 1997 3:23 PM
To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
Subject: Definitions
What exactly is spasticity? It's not in my dictionary. My neurologist
had wanted to put me on baclofen for spasticity. I associated it with the
word "spastic", and although my front thigh muscles seem to me to go
"spastic" sometimes, shaking uncontrollably, it didn't happen often enough
for me to want to take medicine for. But some have used that word to seem to
mean an extreme stiffness.
Also, does paralysis mean an inability to use a certain limb or body
part at all voluntarily, or does it indicate some movement or usage, but not
as it is supposed to be used? In my case, at the beginning of TM, I could
move my legs, but could not stand on them and had much numbness, and I have
always thought because of that that I was not paralyzed.
Thanks,
Barbara