spastic

Adjective

• affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
  • convulsive motions
    
  • his body made a spasmodic jerk
    
  • spastic movements
    

• suffering from spastic paralysis
  • a spastic child
    

• relating to or characterized by spasm
  • a spastic colon
    
  • spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy
    

Noun

• a person suffering from spastic paralysis

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  convulsive , spasmodic