spastic
Example Sentences
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Knowing how these molecular machines work may be key to understanding and treating motoneuron diseases such as multiple sclerosis and spastic paraplegia.
From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2024
She said her husband, who has spastic cerebral palsy and who uses a motorised wheelchair, was not offered any help by Air Canada crew to get off the plane.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2023
The most common type is spastic diplegia, which Diviney is diagnosed with.
From Reuters • Mar. 3, 2023
Ellingen, 37, has athetoid spastic cerebral palsy because of complications at birth.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2022
I make a gesture that is intended to convey, "Hey, no hurry, talk as long as you'd like," and probably actually conveys, "Hey, look at me! I have spastic hands."
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
