spasm (redirected from Muscle spasms)

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 [ˈspæzəm]

n

1. (Medicine / Pathology) an involuntary muscular contraction, esp one resulting in cramp or convulsion

2. a sudden burst of activity, emotion, etc.

[from Latin spasmus, from Greek spasmos a cramp, from span to tear]

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) A lack of magnesium causes muscles to go into spasm.

2. burst, fit, outburst, seizure, frenzy, eruption, access He felt a spasm of fear.

Translations

spasm [ˈspæzəm] N

1. (Med) → espasmo m

2. (= fit) → ataque m, acceso m
a spasm of coughing → un ataque or acceso de tos
in a spasm of fear → en un arrebato de miedo
a sudden spasm of activity → un arranque or arrebato de actividad
to work in spasms → trabajar a rachas

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spasm [ˈspæzəm] n

(MEDICINE) → spasme m
to go into spasm [muscle] → se tétaniser

[anger, pain, fear, coughing, anxiety] → accès m

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spasm

n (Med) → Krampf m, → Spasmus m (spec); (of asthma, coughing, fig) → Anfall m; spasms of coughing → krampfartige Hustenanfälle pl; there was a spasm of activity → es entwickelte sich fieberhafte Aktivität; they play well in spasms → sie spielen ab und zu ganz gut

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spasm [ˈspæz/əm] n (Med) → spasmo; (of coughing) → attacco, accesso (fig) → accesso
there was a brief spasm of activity → c'è stato un momento di attività spasmodica

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spasm

n spasm [ˈspӕzəm]

a sudden uncontrollable jerking of the muscles A spasm of pain twisted his face for a moment. spasma تَشَنُّج спазъм křeč krampe der Krampf σπασμός espasmo kramp انقباض عضلاني kouristus spasme עֲווִית ऐंठन grč, napad görcs sentakan krampi spasmo けいれん 경련 spazmas spazma kekejangan otot kramp krampe(trekning), smerteanfall skurcz, spazm espasmo spasm спазм; судорога kŕč krč grč spasm, kramp, ryckning การชักกระตุกของกล้ามเนื้อ spazm, kasılma 痙攣 спазм, судома تشنّج، اینٹھن sự co thắt 痉挛

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spasm → تقلص عضلي křeč spasme Krampf σπασμός espasmo kouristus spasme grč spasmo 痙攣 경련 kramp krampe skurcz espasmo спазм kramp การชักกระตุกของกล้ามเนื้อ kramp sự co thắt 痉挛