spastic
adjective
1. relating to or characterized by spasm
- a spastic colon
- spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy
2. suffering from spastic paralysis
- a spastic child
3. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
- his body made a spasmodic jerk
- spastic movements
Similar word(s): unsteady, convulsive, spasmodic