Look up: Spasticity

1. spasticity
   [n] - the quality of moving or acting in spasms
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2. Spasticity
   State of rigidity and spasm of the skeletal muscles. Occurs as a result of damage to the pathways inhibiting muscular contraction. [Compare paresis.]
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3. Spasticity
   muscle stiffness caused by an increase in contractions of the muscle fibres
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4. Spasticity
   increased tone as a result of an upper motor neuron lesion
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5. Spasticity
   Spasticity: A state of increased tone of a muscle (and an increase in the deep tendon reflexes). For example, with spasticity of the legs (spastic paraplegia) there is an increase in tone of the leg muscles so they feel tight and rigid and the knee jerk reflex is exaggerated.
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6. Spasticity
   strongly marked hypertonicity of muscles Category: Medicine
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7. Spasticity
   Spas·tic'i·ty noun 1. A state of spasm. 2. The tendency to, or capability of suffering, spasm.
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8. spasticity
   A state of hypertonicity or increase over the normal tone of a muscle, with heightened deep tendon reflexes. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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9. spasticity
   noun the quality of moving or acting in spasms
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10. spasticity
    (spas-tis´ĭ-te) continuous resistance to stretching by a muscle due to abnormally increased tension, with heightened deep tendon reflexes. clasp-knife spasticity clasp-knife rigidity.
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11. Spasticity
    • (n.) A state of spasm. • (n.) The tendency to, or capability of suffering, spasm.
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12. spasticity
    a state of hypertonicity, or increase over the normal tone of a muscle, with heightened deep tendon reflexes.
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13. spasticity
    spasticity A state of increased tone of a muscle and an increase in the deep tendon reflexes. For example, with spasticity of the legs (spastic paraplegia) there is an increase in tone of the leg muscles so they feel tight and rigid and the knee jerk reflex is exaggerated.
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14. Spasticity
    Spasticity is a feature of altered skeletal muscle performance in muscle tone involving hypertonia; it is also referred to as an unusual "tightness", stiffness, and/or "pull" of muscles. Clinically spasticity is defined as velocity dependent resistance to stretch, where a lack of inhibition results in excessive contraction of the muscles, ulti...
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15. spasticity
    Type: Term Pronunciation: spas-tis′i-tē Definitions: 1. One type of increase in muscle tone at rest; characterized by increased resistance to passive stretch, velocity dependent and asymmetric about joints (greater in the flexor muscles at the elbow and the extensor muscles at the knee). ...
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