痙けい縮しゅく

noun

spasticity; contracture; muscle stiffness

Medical term for abnormal muscle tightness or sustained contraction, often due to neurological conditions.

• 脳のう卒そっ中ちゅう後ご、手て足あしに痙けい縮しゅくが残のこることがある。

  After a stroke, spasticity may remain in the limbs.

• 痙けい縮しゅくの治ち療りょうにはリハビリテーションが重じゅう要ようだ。

  Rehabilitation is important for treating spasticity.