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spastic

[spas-tik] / ˈspæs tɪk /






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Knowing how these molecular machines work may be key to understanding and treating motoneuron diseases such as multiple sclerosis and spastic paraplegia.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2024

The most common type is spastic diplegia, which Diviney is diagnosed with.

From Reuters • Mar. 3, 2023

Carter was diagnosed with a form of cerebral palsy called spastic diplegia when he was 18 months old.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022

Ellingen, 37, has athetoid spastic cerebral palsy because of complications at birth.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2022

To those who are genuinely concerned, I push a button to say, “I have spastic bilateral quadriplegia, also known as cerebral palsy. It limits my body, but not my mind.”

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper




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