spastic paraplegia

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spastic paraplegia [′spas·tik ‚par·ə′plē·jə]

(medicine)

Paralysis of the lower limbs with increased muscular tone and hyperactive tendon reflexes; commonly seen in diseases and injuries involving pyramidal tracts of the spinal cord.

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