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spasm::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cramp, muscle spasm |
| Type of | symptom |
| Has types | writer's cramp, tenesmus, trismus, twitch, twitching, vellication, wrick, blepharospasm, charley-horse, charley horse, crick, graphospasm, kink, myoclonus, opisthotonos, rick |
spasm::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | constriction |
| Has types | laryngismus, cardiospasm, retch, bronchospasm, heave |
Examples of spasm
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To a casual onlooker, it was as if their legs were in a state of perpetual spasm.
From the guardian.co.uk
The repeated compression can produce a muscle spasm that we all know as a stitch.
From the abcnews.go.com
I award you this star for being attacked by a vandal's spasm of unorthodox humor.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It stemmed, he said, from a kind of back spasm he had never experienced before.
From the straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com
Garrett Atkins, his neck muscles in spasm, sat out for a second straight game.
From the denverpost.com
The spasm of repression in Burma last week similarly is not just about one country.
From the washingtonpost.com
In a spasm of fear and frustration, the adults fire back at a moving target.
From the time.com
A full Coliseum and a nearly uninterrupted spasm of winning helps change some minds.
From the ocregister.com
The eyelids can go into spasm while the eyelashes curl inward and abrade the cornea.
From the chron.com
- A painful and involuntary muscular contraction
- (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
- A spasm is a sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ, or a similarly sudden contraction of an orifice. It is sometimes accompanied by a sudden burst of pain, but is usually harmless and ceases after a few minutes. ...
- Spasm is the title of English metal band Peach's fifth release, released in 1993. It was originally released as a 2-track 7" Vinyl and is now extremely rare. This song has been covered in concert by the band Tool, who Peach's former bass player Justin Chancellor is now a part of.
- Spasms is a 1983 Canadian horror film directed by William Fruet. The screenplay by Fruet and Don Enright is based on the novel Death Bite by Michael Maryk and Brent Monahan. The film stars Peter Fonda as Dr. ...
- (spastically) In a spastic way; accompanied by spasms
- (spasms) muscle movements such as those in the colon that cause pain, cramps, and diarrhea.
- (Spasms) A type of seizure that occurs in infants with infantile spasms/West syndrome, characterized by frequent jerks of the body.
- A spasm is an uncontrollable and sudden tightening of a muscle or group of muscles.
