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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

She said her husband, who has spastic cerebral palsy and who uses a motorised wheelchair, was not offered any help by Air Canada crew to get off the plane.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2023

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

From Reuters • Mar. 3, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2022

It wasn’t the first time I noticed this — how Renee kind of swished around in a cloud of perfume, and Annette just popped up like some spastic hand puppet.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick




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