spastic paralysis

American  

noun

Pathology.

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

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Etymology

Origin of spastic paralysis

First recorded in 1890–95

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spastic paralysis

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 ● Mar. 27, 2010

A fourth source of irritation has resulted from her recently acquired interest in spastic paralysis, a disease in which damaged nerves cause uncoordinated movements.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is sometimes unilateral or even bilateral spastic paralysis of the limbs from pressure on the medulla oblongata.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

Eccles on, 101. effect on temperature, 93. effects of general, 98, 101. frequency of use, 90. in anæmia, 101. in heart-disease, 46. in spastic paralysis, 225.

From Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria by John K. Mitchell

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 Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles