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1. (n.) spasm
a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations.
2. spasm
any sudden, brief spell of great energy, activity, feeling, etc.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < L spasmus < Gk spasmós der. of spân to draw a sword)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) spasm, cramp, muscle spasm
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
2. (noun) spasm
(pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
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1. (noun) spasm
a painful, involuntary movement of a muscle
a muscle spasm
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) spasm
an involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
2. (verb) spasm
a sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. spasm
An involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles. Spasms may involve SKELETAL MUSCLE or SMOOTH MUSCLE.
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Sense: a sudden uncontrollable jerking of the muscles
A spasm of pain twisted his face for a moment.
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 Afrikaans: spasma |
 Arabic: تَشَنُّج |
 Bulgarian: спазъм |
 Brazilian: espasmo |
 Czech: křeč |
 German: der Krampf |
 Danish: krampe |
 Greek: σπασμός |
 Spanish: espasmo |
 Estonian: kramp |
 Farsi: انقباض عضلاني |
 Finnish: kouristus |
 French: spasme |
 Hebrew: עֲווִית |
 Hindi: ऐंठन |
 Croatian: grč, napad |
 Hungarian: görcs |
 Indonesian: sentakan |
 Icelandic: krampi |
 Italian: spasmo |
 Japanese: けいれん |
 Korean: 경련 |
 Lithuanian: spazmas |
 Latvian: spazma |
 Malay: kekejangan otot |
 Dutch: kramp |
 Norwegian: krampe(trekning), smertea |
 Polish: skurcz, spazm |
 Persian: انقباض عضلاني |
 Pashto: د عضلاتو انقباض |
 Portuguese: espasmo |
 Romanian: spasm |
 Russian: спазм; судорога |
 Slovak: kŕč |
 Slovenian: krč |
 Serbian: grč |
 Swedish: spasm, kramp, ryckning |
 Thai: การชักกระตุกของกล้ามเนื้อ |
 Turkish: spazm, kasılma |
 Taiwanese: 痙攣 |
 Ukrainian: спазм, судома |
 Urdu: تشنّج، اینٹھن |
 Vietnamese: sự co thắt |
 Chinese: 痉挛 |
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