SPASTIC PARALYSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spastic paralysis mean? 

• SPASTIC PARALYSIS (noun)
  The noun SPASTIC PARALYSIS has 1 sense:

1. a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth

  Familiarity information: SPASTIC PARALYSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPASTIC PARALYSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cerebral palsy; spastic paralysis

Hypernyms ("spastic paralysis" is a kind of...):

brain disease; brain disorder; encephalopathy (any disorder or disease of the brain)

Derivation:

spastic (suffering from spastic paralysis)

spastic (relating to or characterized by spasm)