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spasticity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables
spas-tic-i-ty
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state, quality or property of being spastic.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English spastic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English spasticity From spastic + -ity.

Usage

Inflected Forms

spasticities (plural)

Derived Forms

antispasticity tetraspasticity

Questions

What does spasticity mean?
The state, quality or property of being spastic.
Where does spasticity come from?
Etymology tree English spastic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English spasticity From spastic + -ity.

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