spastic paralysis

noun

, Pathology.

1. a condition in which the muscles affected are marked by tonic spasm and increased tendon reflexes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spastic paralysis¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Barclay, who was 23 when he was shot, suffered spastic paralysis after the assault, a condition that led to a urinary tract infections that eventually caused his death, said Prosecutor Bridget Kirn.

From Reuters

Mr. Brugger admitted that he was himself guilty of using Mr. Nossell, who suffers from spastic paralysis and uses a wheelchair, as a kind of test case.

From New York Times

Lesions in the centrum ovale, which destroy the fibres proceeding from the overlying cortex, produce a corresponding spastic paralysis on the opposite side of the body.

From Project Gutenberg

In several cases of spastic paralysis he succeeded in picking out in the nerve-trunk of the affected limb the nerve bundles supplying the spastic muscles, and, by resecting portions of them, in relieving the spasm.

From Project Gutenberg

In spastic paralysis of cerebral origin, the tendency is towards contracture, usually in the attitude of flexion, with adduction and inversion.

From Project Gutenberg