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spasm  (spzm)

n.

1. A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles.

2. A sudden burst of energy, activity, or emotion.

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[Middle English spasme, from Old French, from Latin spasmus, from Greek spasmos, from spn, to pull.]

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spasm

Noun

1. a sudden tightening of the muscles, over which one has no control

2. a sudden burst of activity or feeling: a spasm of applause, sudden spasms of anger [Greek spasmos a cramp]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spasm - a painful and involuntary muscular contraction cramp, muscle spasm symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease charley horse, charley-horse - a muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise graphospasm, writer's cramp - muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil blepharospasm - spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye crick, kink, rick, wrick - a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) myoclonus - a clonic spasm of a muscle or muscle group opisthotonos - severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back twitch, twitching, vellication - a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition tenesmus - painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome trismus - prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles
	2.	spasm - (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel) bronchospasm - a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis cardiospasm - a spasm of the cardiac sphincter (between the esophagus and the stomach); if the cardiac sphincter does not relax during swallowing the passage of food into the stomach is obstructed retch, heave - an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves" laryngismus - laryngeal spasm caused by the sudden contraction of laryngeal muscles constriction - the action or process of compressing pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases

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spasm

noun 1. convulsion, contraction, paroxysm, twitch, throe (rare)

noun 2. burst, fit, outburst, seizure, frenzy, eruption, access

Translations

spasm [ˈspæzəm] n (MED) → espasmo;

(fig) → arranque m; ataque m

spasm [ˈspæzəm] n (Med) → spasme m (fig); accès m

spasm [ˈspæzəm] n (Med) → Krampf m (fig) (of anger etc) → Anfall m

spasm [ˈspæzəm] n (MED) → spasmo;

(fig) → accesso, attacco

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spasm

n spasm [ˈspӕzəm]

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